Tulip Fever- the movie

Critics panned it then watchers seemed to enjoy it. As it fades out of theaters I went to see it.

Indie films are not usually my thing but this one works. It’s a historical romance about steamy affairs played out in backdrop of fictional old Amsterdam.

Shorten the Titanic to under 2 hours and keep the innate drama of a cheating wife and set it in Amsterdam instead of on a doomed ocean liner and you get Tulip Fever.

This is a romantic tragedy full of pretty true to life characters. Go see it with a group of friends with time to wine afterwards because all of the characters are relatable with immortal moments so there is plenty to talk about.

This summer’s movies seem to have publicity problems. They advertise things that they aren’t and critics seem to be rating according to what they expected instead of what they watched.

Wanting to add a trailer to this post I was glad not to have seen any of them first. One made the movie seem much more action backed than it was, one portrayed characters totally differently than I saw them in the film. One promo clip talked about murder and IMDB says something about the two main women switching places which I guess is sort of true in a greater context but Tulip Fever isn’t about murder and impersonation. It’s a romantic drama showing human complications set during the tulip bubble when most of Amsterdam lost its mind gambling on tulip bulbs.

I watched the movie at 11:30 am with no preconceived notions about it or any idea who was in the very cool cast. Dane DeHaan (Valerian) and Alecia Vicander (ExMachina) with Christoph Waltz and Cara Delevingne (Verlian, Suicide Squad and Paper Towns) and Judi Dench were all amazing and the ensamble cast all gave even performances bringing their character to screen without our shining the others.

Whatever problems the critics had with this movie my opinion is they have been to hard on. Twenty years from now this movie will have a following.