A review of the 2017 film “Tulip Fever”
Set in Amsterdam during the 17th century ‘tulip mania’, this is a romantic drama involving interconnecting relationships that looks splendid but suffers from excessive plotting.
A lot of talent went into the production of this film: it is based on a novel by Deborah Moggach and the script was co-written by her and Tom Stoppard; it has an ensemble cast including Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, Judi Dench and Tom Hollander; and, although it was shot entirely in Britain, the sets and costumes create an authentic sense of time and place.
However, the work was beset with problems: both production and release were much delayed; once out, it lost a lot of money; and it was tainted by being one of the last products of The Weinstein Company.