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Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) (1998)

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 74 | Rotten: 6

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.

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 1

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.

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Tom Tykwer directed this German thriller in which Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) handled a smuggling job, delivered the loot, collected the payment, left the bag on the subway, and now has 20 minutes to gather 100,000 deutsche marks or confront the wrath of his boss, local criminal Ronnie (Heino Ferch). Desperate, Manni phones his girlfriend Lola (Franka Potente) who immediately runs downstairs and through Berlin streets to the bank run by her father (Herbert Knaup). However, she's rejected and leaves

R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Tom Tykwer

Written By: Tom Tykwer

In Theaters: Jun 18, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Dec 21, 1999

Sony Pictures Classics

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Cast

Franka Potente
Lola
Moritz Bleibtreu
Manni
Herbert Knaup
Lola's Father
Armin Rohde
Mr. Schuster
Joachim Kr�l
Norbert von Au
Nina Petri
Jutta Hansen
Heino Ferch
Ronnie
Monika Bleibtreu
Suzanne von Borsody
Ludger Pistor
Herr Meier
Lars Rudolph
Herr Kruse
Sebastian Schipper

Critic Reviews for Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)

All Critics (89) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (6) | DVD (24)

Run Lola Run is fun, fun, fun.

March 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety

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David Rooney

Variety

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Not only does Lola run, she takes this hyperkinetic pop culture firecracker of a film with her.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

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Run Lola Run is more than the sum of its gimmicks: It has a real worldview.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Slate

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David Edelstein

Slate

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We get fast and slow motion, crane shots, split screens, handheld cinematography, tracking shots, lateral wipes, jump cuts, candy coloring, MTV-style editing, whip pans, still photographs and rapid-fire montages. You name it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

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

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

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Teenagers with a taste for the offbeat may enjoy.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Tykwer pulls off so many stylistic coups that, even if (like me) you are disappointed by the plot structure and logic, Run Lola Run is still engaging.

February 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Run Lola Run takes a few moments to muse about the nature of time and the purpose of man... But its real agenda is the purpose of woman.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Accompanied by techno music and populated by young and likeable "hip" protagonists, Run Lola Run is very pleasing to the eyes and ears of its viewers.

February 16, 2005 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

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despite its brittle techno-punk rhythms and spots of nihilism... this is sort of a throwback to the days before the talkies

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

When you drop a reality-based attitude and go with the flow, Run Lola Run leaves you slightly breathless with admiration.

June 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

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Run Lola Run could very well be the punchiest piece of concept art to ever hit the silver screen, a shock-dose of German existential cinema you can ride.

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Tom Twyker's frenzied directing is never dull, and casting his girlfriend [Franka] Potente in the role was a smart choice.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

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Tom Tykwer's energic Run Lola Run, have terrific realistic actings and become a unforgettable film, an exciting plot that work very well with the surrealistic soundtrack. Run Lola Run is a scary and great dramatic "Groundhog Day ". Fresh.

March 20, 2012

Lucas Martins

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Really interesting pacing. A lot of fun and interesting cinematography. Loved it.

September 25, 2010

Albert Kim

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