It has a rather dull premise, with a focus on tulip economics in the 17th century.

| Aug 8, 2022

You don't get very far into Tulip Fever before feeling that something is not quite right.

| Mar 30, 2020

Perhaps if this film had been crafted as a screwball comedy it would've been more effective.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 20, 2018

Such a fascinating moment in Dutch history is deserving of a far better vehicle than an episode of Hollyoaks produced by Harvey Weinstein.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 7, 2018

Parts of the plot make the tulip buyers themselves look positively restrained. Worth a look for the costumes (and how they are used), Christoph Waltz and Holliday Grainger -- otherwise save your money and buy your loved one a bunch of garage flowers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 7, 2018

The quality of the cast and the level of craftsmanship ensure a superficially entertaining film, but you suspect it could have been so much more.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 3, 2018

It seems more like a slick period piece or tiresomely predictable caper.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 30, 2018

Tulip Fever is a pretty picture, and it effectively transports you back in time, but once you are there you'll be headed to the exit before you can even smell the tulips.

| Jan 19, 2018

Looks the blossoming part with its elegant, painterly staging, but never finds an appropriate tone for the tale's sex, envy and tulip-bartering theatrics.

| Dec 14, 2017

The film is populated with so many ancillary characters, which are far more engaging than the central lovers, that their antics too often distract from the central plot.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 5, 2017

The film's centre doesn't hold.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 22, 2017

How all of this could have been played so straight - and ended up so politely dull - will bend minds for years to come.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 22, 2017

Beauty, passion and tulips are the themes of this rich and enjoyable foray into 17th century Amsterdam where the riches of the purse, the heart and the bedroom are at odds. It's about forbidden love in a gorgeous setting...

| Nov 17, 2017

Tulip Fever is simply a blooming disaster.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 25, 2017

In Tulip Fever it's the financial story that's fascinating, while the romantic angle for the couple is a little tired.

| Sep 28, 2017

Great look, great cast ... but everything just sits there like a tableful of delicious ingredients waiting for a master chef who never shows up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2017

Director Chadwick brings a stodgy, Oscar-bait sensibility that's firmly at odds with the pulpy, bodice-ripping plot mechanics.

| Sep 19, 2017

Though it is beautifully shot and well acted, the flat plot is nothing to write home about.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 19, 2017

This tone-deaf costume drama takes a preposterous story and tells it clumsily, with strange choices all around and most of the plot turns either confusing or silly.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 15, 2017

Things about it are good, and it just isn't. Part of that blames lies with the story, a terribly ponderous and silly affair that gives far too much relevance to billowing cloaks, a drunk guy ... and the general presence of Cara Delevigne

| Original Score: 4.8/10 | Sep 14, 2017