I'm glad I watched it, but I think it actually suffered from too little time for such an elaborate story. When there are multiple story arcs to follow, it must either be tightly interwoven or given time to expand character development. While I never found it boring, it felt a little long at times for one sitting. Doing it in 3 or 4 hours might allowed time to tell more of the backstory of the main characters and flesh out the minor ones more. The acting was great and honestly the scene with doctor being chased up the stairs was actual quite comical! And Zach Galifinakis brings some understated levity to his role. Beautifully filmed as well, not to mention a fun dive into the world of "crazes", which have been around for hundreds of years.

I really liked this movie. It was fun, wicked and full of lust. A young women marries an older man. She can't conceive but she tries to. Her husband wants their portrait done by a young artist and of course the lust and betrayel begins.The tulip bulbs are flying off the shelves like gold and everyone is investing and making money. It's a fun movie, kinda predictable but hey, it's a romantic movie with the typical lovers twist and turns of lust. Looking for a lite romantic 17th century Dutch epic than this is a great movie that will make you wonder if it's all worth it, love that is and tulips.

It is very sad to know that only blind people have seen it. Otherwise, this is not a response the film deserved. It was almost a solid 10 out of 10 film. Superfast narration. Beautiful setting. Of course the background score was good, but if it had an even better catchy score, then it would have been one of my all time favourites.Surely one of the best costume dramas I've seen in my life. It seems like a drama, but it was more a romance-thriller. Especially the final quarter was amazing. Little predictable, but overall the narration kept surprising me frequently. It was a secret affair that has been waiting to take along everyone around to the down!This story was narrated in the background as it had happened, that tells us about an orphan grew up in a convent and later an old wealthy man took her in as his wife. In return, she has to give him an heir, a son. But she's not succeeding, until a young artist who came to make the couple's portrait, then they two has fallen in love.The secret romance takes the surprise twists when it had interlocked with other people's affair around them. Now they all who are involved in it must try to fix it once for all. And of course, at the end someone must get hurt, at least not physically. Who is that or is it more than one is the conclusion unfolded so touchingly rather than too much emotion.This project saw too many obstacles. I'm happy it's now here after all these years of struggle. Based on the book of the same name. Excellently transformed into the screen. And not particular, but all the actors were equally great. I've heard lots about the love between the Netherlands and Tulips, but seeing it in a film was truly wonderful. PAY NO ATTENTION TO FILM CRITICS AND THEIR ARDENT FOLLOWERS. It's one hundred per cent a fantastic period drama of the year that's not to be missed, particularly by the grown ups!!9/10

Although the story may be a good source for great entertainment, the movie just does not glue together. The generally good performance of the actors are simply wasted on the table of the directing and editing. The storytelling missis any course, we can rather see stages chained together. The photography also missis the ability to add something to the whole, but we can see some nice shots.