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Summary: First Rate!
Review: This is one of the most inventing and entertaining films I have seen. I just saw it again on video tonight, I saw it in a theater last summer. Fast, funny, exciting and filled with meaning. Are we products of fate or circumstance or do we will our own future? Lola is like a force of nature, stirring up the lives of all around her like so many fallen leaves. Great flick!
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Summary: Fast-paced, Well acted, Makes you think
Review: I bought this movie immediately, because I was so taken with it. The movie follows the course of Lola, as she races through ______ (?), Germany, to get 100,000 Marks to her boyfriend Manni. The story is told 3 different times, each one with a surprise twist ending. In addition, the director uses some excellent techniques. For example, when Lola interacts with another character, the director will sometimes follow that character for a bit. Often, he used a camcorder to film this, which resutls in an interesting effect. In addition, when Lola interacts with a character, the director often does "And Then". "And Then" is when he quickly (in less than 15 seconds) tells what happens to that character by using a series of photos that each last on the screen for less than 1 second each. One woman that Lola runs into has three different "And Then" sequences, all of which are related to Lola but are very different. I really liked Sliding Doors, but this movie is much better. Finally, I would recommend getting this on DVD, not VHS, because there is an interesting commentary track with the director and Franka Potente (Lola).
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Summary: A great film about circumstance and "what-if"'s
Review: Run Lola Run is a German import film with an edge. Lola, the girlfriend of small-time dealer Manni, is faced with a difficult decision: how can she get 100,000 Deutsche marks to Manni, across town, in 20 minutes? Where will she get the money? And will she get it to him before he decides to find his own way of getting the money? The film presents the audience with a possible outcome, and then says, "What if something different happened... like ----", and makes you realize that every event, no matter how insignificant it may seem at first, has a drastic effect on the outcome. Run Lola Run is funny and fast-paced, driven by its techno soundtrack. Even if you don't like techno, this action-thriller will keep you entertained.
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Summary: Ein Film mit viel Energie!
Review: I have never seen a movie like this before! The pace of this film is frantic, and the rapid-fire visual images made me feel tired at the end. For people who do not speak German, this film will still provide action and entertainment. "Lola Rennt" is like "Groundhog Day" and "Pulp Fiction" combined. If you can imagine that.
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Summary: You'll Enjoy The Ride!
Review: Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) is quite possibly the most unique and innovative movie I have ever seen. These qualities,however, don't always translate into a desireable end product. Happily in the case of this little gem the uniqueness is a breath of fresh air that you just have to see, fore no review I could ever write would do this movie justice...it is that good! Superb acting,superb filming and a fast paced story set to a pumping techno soundtrack keeps you utmost attention and leaves you begging for more! This movie is in german with your choice of english or french subtitles, but the movie is so well done you won't even care it's not in english...buy this dvd,fasten your seatbelts...and enjoy the ride!
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Summary: Fantastic, hip and energized
Review: A fantastic, hip, and energized look at a young woman (Lola, of course) who must raise 100,000 DM in 20 minutes before her boyfriend Manni, who has to answer to a gangster about a large sum of money that he mistakenly left on a train. Run Lola Run literally runs right from its MTV-inspired opening credits, using a striking mixture of incredible lighting, quick editing, and animation to give a unique feel to late 90s Berlin (it is also a somewhat more optimistic picture of Berlin than the Berlin of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, which the film alludes to in its opening moments). The result is three different looks at what Lola's adventure might turn into. Fantastic on every level, the direction is both quickly-paced (perhaps a little too quick in parts) and yet never fails to involve the audience. All of the characters emerge into full people through each "scenario." Incredible as it might sound, however, this film could have used some tighter editing, notably in the (rather trite, it must be admitted) scenes where we learn of Lola's father having an affair with a co-worker. I am unsure of what this subplot brings to the film other than a few laughs. As I said, the direction is tight and quick, but when the film slows, it slows for a reason, revealing character. Lola's flaming red hair will help you keep focused on her running when the camera segues to its aerial shots.
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Summary: Fabulous acting & soundtrack...you must see this movie!
Review: I saw this movie this summer, and I was absolutely blown away. Not only is the acting fantastic (especially by Franka Potente) but the subject matter was enthralling. Think "Sliding Doors" with an overdose of adrenaline. The concept of the movie (how would life be different if I hadn't run into that person?) encouraged hours of discussion among my friends. Besides the intellectual part, this movie is highly entertaining and there isn't enough dialogue for the subtitles to detract from the action. A must-see!
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Summary: The Joy of Cinema
Review: Francois Truffaut, the great Frech director once said, "I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not interested in anything in between; I am not interested in all those films that do not pulse." Tom Tykwer, the director of Run!Lola!Run!, knows exactly what Truffault was getting at. His 88 minute landmark film from Germany does what most movies fail to do. That is, ASTONISH US! I have not seen another film this year(or for several previous years) where the director's love of filmaking is revealed in each shot. In brief, the film centers around a young woman trying to come up with 100, 000 marks in twenty minutes to try to save her boyfriend who messed up a drug deal. The film gives three versions of the execution and outcome. But to mention "the plot" only does this movie injustice. Like with all movies, a film is not juged good or bad on what it is about. It is judged on how it is about what it is about. Tykwer does not use the three different scenario technique as a ploy. Each new version of the story makes us think about the past actions of its characters while, at the same time, revealing something new about them. What makes Run!Lola!Run! special, of course, is its style. In a way, this is the perfect movie to end the century. It looks back to a tradition(i.e-pulp plot, "love conquers all theme") while looking to the future(i.e-fast-forward freeze-frame, animation). Furthermore, the director uses music the same way Scorsese, Tarantino, and Kenneth Anger do. Not to drown the images on the screen, but to heighten and enhance them. Run!Lola!Run! is by a filmaker who is in love with filmaking. I cannot wait for his next movie. Unfortunately, Hollywood directors will try to copy and follow Tom Tykwer. However, like Pauline Keal said(when referring to director Jean-Luc Godard) they can't walk behind him because he has already "burned up the ground."
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Summary: THIS is entertainment.
Review: The film RUN LOLA RUN starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup and Armin Rhode and directed by Tom Tykwer is my favorite film that I have ever seen. Some of it's outstanding features are it's wild cinematography, flashy editing and high-tech techno-pop album.Lola is a young hip punk with some serious bright-red hair who smokes and uses her moped to go around and do tasks for her amateur gangster boyfriend, Manni. One day as Lola stops at a liquer store to buy some cigarettes, some idiot steals her transportation and therefor is unable to pick up Manni outside the border from a drug deal. After waiting a while, he takes the subway home but realizing he had forgot the bag on the seat. So Manni calls Lola begging her ta help him before his boss will find that he had bothed the trade. Lola has twenty minutes to find 100,000DM and deliver it to him before he is penalized. Riveting, heart pounding, flashy concept film! A must see! 1998/81 minutes/Rated R, for language and some violence.
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Summary: Incredible filmmaking!
Review: RUN LOLA RUN is a masterpiece in editing. This flick is a normal-lenght feature film, and yet the entire time you feel as if you're flying through it. The quick cuts and camera shot selection is superb, and fit perfectly with the techno-esque soundtrack. Overall the technical side is stereotypical German-- outstanding quality. Oh yeah, and the story line is amazing too! One of my favorites to come out of Europe. A real winner!
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