This weekend marks the opening of Tulip Fever, a 17th-century costume drama starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, and Christoph Waltz. But unless you follow movie news very, very closely, odds are you've never heard of it.
Turns out there's a good reason for that – at least based on the first wave of reviews. They range from lukewarm to scathing, making Tulip Fever the kind of movie that seems way more fun to read about than it actually is to watch.
Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) and based on the novel by Deborah Moggach, Tulip Fever is set in the Netherlands in the 1637, at the height of the tulip market bubble. (Yes, this was a real thing that happened.) Sophia (Vikander) is married to a wealthy merchant (Waltz), and she's terribly unhappy until she falls in love with Jan (DeHaan), the artist hired to paint their portraits. Read more...
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