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The Princess and The Warrior (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 81

Fresh: 50

Rotten:31

Average Rating: 6.1/10

Consensus: More slow-moving than Run Lola Run, this film nonetheless offers an intriguing storyline about love and fate.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for disturbing images, language, and some sexual content

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 22, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: From German director Tom Tykwer, whose energetic RUN LOLA RUN wowed audiences in 1998, comes this ethereal modern-day fairy tale. Hypnotizing German actress Franka Potente (RUN LOLA RUN, BLOW)... From German director Tom Tykwer, whose energetic RUN LOLA RUN wowed audiences in 1998, comes this ethereal modern-day fairy tale. Hypnotizing German actress Franka Potente (RUN LOLA RUN, BLOW) stars opposite deft, volatile newcomer Benno Furmann. Using beautiful visuals involving ice cubes, underwater bubbles, rain, and the well-worn buildings of Wuppertal, Tykwer implements his signature filming style--a roving, curious, rapid camera that examines its subjects in extreme close up, follows letters into mailboxes, and soars over the nighttime city like a bird. The musical score and the impeccable use of sound complete the film's sensory excellence. Bodo (Furmann) and Sissi (Potente) come together under strange circumstances: at the scene of an accident where Bodo saves Sissi's life after she is run over by a truck. Then he disappears. Sissi returns to her little room in the nursing ward of a psychiatric hospital where she works with mentally ill patients, one of whom is her own father. However, she cannot forget the man that saved her and has a powerful feeling that her life is inherently connected with his. Unable to pick up her life where she left it before the accident, she seeks out Bodo, who lives in a dilapidated house with his brother, and quickly establishes an steadfast bond with him. [More]

Starring: Benno Furmann, Franka Potente, Joachim Krol, Marita Breuer

Starring: Benno Furmann, Franka Potente, Joachim Krol, Marita Breuer, Jurgen Tarrach, Lars Rudolph, Melchior Beslon, Ludger Pistor, Staffen Schult, Rolf Dannemann

Director: Tom Tykwer

Director: Tom Tykwer
Screenwriter: Tom Tykwer
Producer: Stefan Arndt, Maria Kopf
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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12/15/03
Alexander Walker
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...a film that's gorgeous to look at, but completely hollow and devoid of compelling characters.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
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05/14/03
Joe Mader
Palo Alto Weekly

Potente proves her versatility as an actress here with a much more subdued character, but is still capable of delivering powerhouse emotional scenes

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It's a fascinating mix, even when the straight-faced melodrama clangs against such wicked, poker-faced absurdism.

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07/24/02
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Una película muy regular, después del sabor que nos dejó Corre Lola Corre.

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Luis Martinez
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02/23/02
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An endurance test of overly long sequences bereft of impact.

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Mike DeWolfe
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Rich Cline
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If I could have found more about the human condition uncovered that was plausible, I would have been more receptive to the quirks in this film...

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