Variety
The entire package has a curiously old-fashioned feel — and not just because it takes place 380 years ago.
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Tulip Fever
Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) leads this costume drama based on Deborah Moggach's novel, adapted to the screen by Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love).
In 17th-century Amsterdam, a married woman (Vikander) feels trapped in a loveless marriage with her husband (Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained), and begins a passionate affair with an artist (Dane DeHaan, Chronicle) hired to paint her portrait. The lovers gamble on the booming market for tulip bulbs as a way to raise money and run away.
2016Rating: MA15+, Strong sex scenes105 minsUK, USA
DramaRomance
- Director:
- Justin Chadwick ('Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom', 'The Other Boleyn Girl')
- Writer:
- Tom Stoppard
- Cast:
- Alicia VikanderChristoph WaltzDane DeHaanJack O'ConnellJudi DenchHolliday GraingerMatthew MorrisonTom HollanderCara DelevingneZach Galifianakis
Tulip Fever / Reviews
The New York Times
The most disappointing thing about the end to the speculative bubble surrounding Tulip Fever is that there isn't much there.
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The Vikander/DeHaan romance is a dud no matter how well it’s lit, but the “downstairs” passion between Grainger and O’Connell has a degree of realism and eroticism.
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Rolling Stone
Forget fever – this floral-scented fiasco is so lifeless you can barely feel a pulse.
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Los Angeles Times
At 107 minutes, Tulip Fever has been trimmed of every ounce of fat. But connective tissue, muscle and even the heart are gone too, leaving a lifeless frame.
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Hollywood Reporter
It arrives not as a lusty tale in full bloom but as a tastefully arranged still life, in search of an animating spark.
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Entertainment Weekly
As Chadwick piles on the coincidences and misdirections, the movie finally collapses under its own schematic weight, and wilts to the ground.
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