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Run Lola Run

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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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Reviews for Run Lola Run

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FAST, smart and fun,

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

A low-budget no-brainer, Run Lola Run is a lot more fun than Speed, a big-budget no-brainer...

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

What a blast!

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

An exuberant and creative film game that amps things up for a run of nonstop action that tantalizes the senses and bombards the mind with an adrenaline rush of stimuli.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Do you get sucked in by movies that ignore the rules and make new ones? Then don't miss it.

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

Here, he captures all our best qualities -- energy, resourcefulness, independence -- and he does so in the shared visual vernacular of Xers: music videos, video games, and television.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

As exciting and suspenseful an action film as one is likely to see.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

...fun to watch, with a lot of very clever jump cuts and effects...

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

In fact, it turns out, not surprisingly, that it is boring to watch someone run for 87 minutes...

comment 2 Comments
01/01/00
Peter Brunette
Peter Brunette
Film.com

Interspersed with Lola's zigzag swiftness are moments when the action shifts into trancelike tableaux.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine

...the movie is a departure from the norm that will have audiences chattering well into the night...

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

Telling the plot three times, with cunning variations, Tykwer mixes pixilated photos, split screens, cartooning, the works.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Every tick of the 81 minutes in Run Lola Run is pounding with kinetic energy and double-espresso adrenaline, like a marathon inside a rave inside a fusion reactor.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A film of nonstop motion and visual invention.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 2 Comments
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Though lacking the solidity of a full feature drama, this colorfully nerve-wracking art film is an interesting study in chance

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Run Lola Run is a high-octane pulse-pounder driven by style, speed, deviously clever flourishes, and a driving techno-beat--a film that moves so fast it almost breaks free of its limited orbit.

Full Review Source: Seattle Weekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Weekly

Reads like a parallel universe joke, but is executed like a music video

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01/01/00
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Lola, played with unbounded energy in an utterly captivating performance by Franka Potente, does exactly that, run almost the entire movie.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews
 
 
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