![]() That it has taken a further four years for the regenerated Tulip Fever to win a UK cinema release speaks volumes. In 2014, Harvey Weinstein – whose recent fall from grace has done the film’s distribution no favours – revived the film with a new cast and team. ![]() ![]() But then, changes in UK tax law forced the project off the rails, where it remained for the best part of a decade. ![]() Steven Spielberg snapped up the rights before Moggach’s book had even hit shelves and, by 2004, was ready produce a John Madden directed – Keira Knightley and Jude Law starring – would-be awards sensation in the vogue of Shakespeare in Love. Once upon a time, Tulip Fever bore all the hallmarks of a film destined for greatness. There are handsome performances all round, each gloriously dressed, and some lovely aesthetic details but it all hinges on a dull and silly central story, which is dramatically overshadowed by more engaging sub-plots. Based on the eponymous book by Deborah Moggach, who also penned The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’s source, Tulip Fever is a period pudding of the sort that proves to be watchable in the viewing but entirely forgettable by the credits. What a peculiar curate’s egg this is and such a long time in the making. ![]()
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