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Summary: Must-see Excitement
Review: I did not expect a 50-year old like me would find this move awesome, but I did. The techo-beat during most of the film kept my body moving in rythym with the beat. The subtle songs in the background by the star (Franka Potente) fit perfectly in the scenes in which they were inserted. The best part after watching the DVD three times was the commentary by the director and by Franka Potente. Their insight into the challenges of filming on a tight budget and trying to get permission to film in varous parts of Berlin was entertaining. Best part number 2 was the music video by Franka.
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Summary: this is IT.(but don't take my word for it).see for yourself
Review: Unlike most of the other reviewers here, I do not feel the need to regurgitate all the details of this film. Suffice it to say, "Run Lola Run" is number one on my list of recommendations! I usually opt for the extremes: pointless no-brainer movies as a means of relaxing and trying to forget about my hectic college schedule, or profound films which require me to keep my brain locked in the "on" position. "Run Lola Run" is both--it is possible to zone out with the European techno soundtrack, but it is also a film which (if you actually pay attention to it) allows you to explore the subtle clues hidden throughout, which reveal the film's weighty, philosophical themes. I highly recommend you see this film. You may not enjoy it as much as many other people do, but at least give it a shot and find out for yourself!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Great! A cool 'Goundhog Day' meets 'Sprockets'. But not to be misleading, this is not a comedy; this is a serious German art film. Excellent techo soundtrack.. a little repetitive, but that keeps it in theme with the movie.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie is great entertainment that has not much to do with the high budget Hollywood flicks; it is very interesting and well done. The language is not the most important part of the movie so I would suggest to watch it in its original, German; but for those who want the english version, you can change the language preferences on the DVD. The mix of "the real" with the surreal is not only achieved through the action of the actors and through the repetition of the possible variations of the same 15 minutes, but also through smooth passages in and out of a cartoon world where the action continues. At the end I was left with thoughts of randomness of life.
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Summary: Hyperkinetic action! 3 endings! what a story.....
Review: RUN LOLA RUN is one of those movies you can literally watch again and again and again. The plotline is fairly simple: a young girl, Lola, must help her boyfriend scrape together 100,000 deutsche marks in 20 minutes, or a ruthless gangster will kill him. The trick is the story is told 3 different ways with 3 different outcomes. Mixing animation, trip-hop/techno music, and fast-paced action/editing, you have a terrific movie with gritty, realistic characters and action that won't stop!Franka Potente is a star in the making. She's soon to be seen with Johnny Depp in the film BLOW. Can't wait to see what electricity she'll bring to her role there!! The DVD edition includes a running commentary with the director, Twyker, and Franka Potente. Very interesting to learn how difficult it was for the actors to portray key scenes numerous times and still maintain the tension and fear so important to carrying the storyline. EXCELLENT!!!
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Summary: Entertaining to say the least
Review: I liked it. I won't be overly snobish like many of the reviewers, so I will just say this: This is a very entertaining movie with an OK plot and gret music. There, I won't get into the psuedo intelligence like the other reviews.
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Summary: short but sweet
Review: no really. It's just over an hour long. It's all been said. RLR is fast, creative and interesting. I'm glad it was short though. Had it been any longer I probably would have gotten bored. Wise choice.
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Summary: Fast-Paced Beautiful Movie
Review: Run Lola run is a movie full of startling movements of camera, bright cinematogrophy and a wonderful soundtrack to follow it all up. This director has surely made his mark on the American movie scene with a new and highly different movie. There are three episodes, all different scenarios of fate. Very worth watching, very worthy of all the great reviews it has gotten. This director has done a new movie, "Winter Sleepers" which is also wonderful.
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Summary: Hip and stupid.
Review: Another superhip, irritatingly kitschy, loud, fast, music-video of a movie, which obviously hopes to inspire the ever-so profound reaction: "Deep, man," -- or maybe, in some its more gratingly self-conscious attempts to portray a strong (and hiply alternative!) female character: "You go, gRRL!" The charm of this movie is completely lost on me. A dynamic visual style doesn't make a good movie. Run Lola Run could pass for a 90 minute Nike commercial, targeted towards today's alternayouth (TM). It's aesthetic sensibilities are (incidentally) very much that of a late-90s commercial, as are its themes. The exploration of the delicate nature of circumstance is vaguely thought-provoking, but that's all. I was reminded of that stupid watch commercial where the guy's watch is off by 1 second, and he consequently doesn't bump into the woman of his dreams on his way to work. If only he'd had a Rolex! (Or Timex, or whatever brand it was for.) If you watched this movie and thought it was really deep, then my advice to you is to start watching less movies and to start reading more books. To worry less about what crazy new color your hair is going to be dyed today, or what super-obscure local band you're going to add to your list of "crappy music I pretend to like so I'll look cool and unique," -- and to sit down with some Nietzche or something. Run Lola Run rubs me the wrong way in this fashion, I admit. Like other loud, superhip, wanna-be-art-movies of the past decade, it strikes me as a soulless, obnoxious byproduct of an increasingly narcissistic and mindless subculture, more concerned with cheap thematic gimmicks and cliche sociological statements than creating a complex and high-quality story. The characters in Run Lola Run are soul-wrenchingly annoying, so much flash and so little flare. Obviously the director, writer, and actors all hope to compensate for Lola and Manni's (?) inherent dullness and shallowness by loading on the style, making sure that everything looks and sounds cool enough to keep an already mentally stunted audience from thinking too hard (except about the one or two unsophisticated, done-so-many-times-before things it wants you to think about.) All in all, a flashy waste of time. The only moment in the film I whole-heartedly enjoyed was when Lola's rake-on-the-nerves dopey boyfriend gets plowed down by a bus. Although generally a stupid scene, the pure joy of seeing that whiney little idiot (along with every gelled and bleached hair on his ugly little head) get run over by a large vehicle is indeed worth an entire star.
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Summary: One of the best films i've seen!!
Review: I originally was forced to see this movie in my High School German class... Since the first time I saw it i was hooked. I even rented it and made my boyfriend watch it. Just because it's in German doesn't mean you have to know german to see it! I, personally, would recomend the subtitle version. That way you can really tell what they feel through their voices. I have heard it compared to Groundhog's Day and i consider that a crime. Groundhog's Day was a meaningless, horribly boring movie that had no feeling. Run, Lola, Run is actually interesting. Lola must help her boyfriend, Manni, somehow get 100,000 marks in 20 minutes before he has to meet his boss. If he doesn't show up with the money he will get killed. After the first try the movie suddenly goes back to the beginning and Lola deals with a totally different outcome. After the second try, again the movie goes back to the beginning and the movie finally ends with a happy medium, after 2 shots at one extreme or the other. The techno background music helps with the excitement of the plot. This is a movie I definately recommend, even if you just rent it the first time... I promise you, you will regret it if you pass it over!
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