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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.

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

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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Joe Lozito

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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.

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Robin Clifford

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Dragan Antulov

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 16 2005 11:16 AM

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Philip Martin

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

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Judith Egerton

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

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Ed Gonzalez

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.

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Beth Jones

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Brian Mckay

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

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