Review of Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013) by Godofwar — 12 Jul 2013

This is a comedy-drama masterpiece. This is with Pacific Rim the best movie of 2013 so far.Michael Cera is so great in this one and everyone else too.

This review of Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013) was written by Godofwar on 12 Jul 2013.

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus has generally received mixed reviews.

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