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Run Lola Run (1999)

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Reviews Counted:79

Fresh:73

Rotten:6

Average Rating:7.7/10

Consensus: More fun than a barrel of Jean-Paul Sartre, pic's energy riffs on an engaging love story and really human performances while offering a series of what-ifs and a blood-stirring soundtrack.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:22-10-1999

Synopsis: Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, RUN LOLA RUN is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly... Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, RUN LOLA RUN is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. Beautiful, hip, and young, poor Lola has but 20 minutes to locate a missing bag containing 100,000 Deutsche marks or come up with the money some other way--if she can't, gangsters are going to kill her boyfriend. A pulse-raising race against time, the film employs a startling array of innovative techniques to present three separate scenarios, all departing from a single split-second decision Lola makes. Franka Potente, who also sings on the soundtrack, is mesmerizing as Lola. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; Best Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director at the German Film Awards; 1998 Bambi Award; and the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. [More]

Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri

Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Krol, Ludger Pistor, Suzanne Von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper

Director: Tom Tykwer

Director: Tom Tykwer
Screenwriter: Tom Tykwer
Producer: Stephan Arndt

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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

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Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
08/20/02
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
N/R

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Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

All the actors do perform excellently in their roles, but the star here is the director Tom Tykwer. The layering of the imagery, soundtrack, and the pacing all come together to outshine any performance by a single actor.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
06/28/02
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

Compared to the alternate scenarios envisioned in Sliding Doors or Blind Chance, Run Lola Run comes across as pedestrian.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

this goofy, audacious, visually stylized omnibus of what-ifs that operates on its own peculiar logic, and powers along with the force of a truck on the Autobahn.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/03/02
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

Run Lola Run is fun, fun, fun.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/19/02
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

The populist bang of Speed meets snobbish, espresso-fueled elitism.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
03/07/02
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

For writer and director Tykwer, the meaning of life is strongly colored by small incidents of coincidence.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/05/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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02/28/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

...it's a stylistic triumph--swift, witty, consistently dazzling to behold.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

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02/27/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Cleverly juggling the elements and encounters of a simple thriller scenario by using multiple viewpoints and a domino effect to create different destinies...

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/14/01
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety
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Not only does Lola run, she takes this hyperkinetic pop culture firecracker of a film with her.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

...a thrilling adventure mixing animation and live action against a propulsive techno soundtrack.

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01/01/00
E! Online

A madly spinning top of a movie.

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01/01/00
Entertainment Weekly

It's exhilarating. It's provocative. It's sexy. It's cinema.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

It's never, ever boring. And, importantly, it knows exactly when to quit.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
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