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Tulip Fever

Tulip Fever

Drama · Romance · 2017

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

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Tulip Fever

2017 Drama · Romance 1h 47m

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6.5 / 10

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An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Justin Chadwick

Written by

Tom Stoppard · Deborah Moggach

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

Sophia Sandvoort

Dane DeHaan

Dane DeHaan

Jan Van Loos

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Cornelis Sandvoort

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

The Abbess of St. Ursula

Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Willem Brok

Holliday Grainger

Holliday Grainger

Maria

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis

Gerrit

Court is in session

Put Tulip Fever on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.