The conceit in the German film Run Lola Run is that we see the same story three times, but each time, a tiny detail makes Lola's run slightly different. It basically represents the characters looking for the best possible plot, and any attempt to rationalize it as timelines, hallucinations, etc. seems to me a fruitless enterprise. Run Lola Run resolutely uses the logic of a music video, with driving beats and the energy of a red-haired woman (the engaging Franka Potente) running through the streets of Berlin, to advance its intensely emotional plot. Which version actually happened? They all did, that's my answer. In a world of fiction, everything is imaginary and everything is real, and this film doesn't define the two, to its credit. More than an experiment in structure (though it is that), it makes you a participant in its game and comes to an emotionally satisfying close. Recommended!
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For the full experience, include a treadmill. Run with Lola!! Run, run!!goatboy
This movie is cocaine.WilliamBravin
Absolutely sensational. Exactly what I want in a movie.IreneAdler
An unusual film, that's for sure. Not bad, interesting concept!the3rdman
Not bad but so overrated.shafooy
I wanted to run after watching this movieSiskoid
The conceit in the German film Run Lola Run is that we see the same story three times, but each time, a tiny detail makes Lola's run slightly different. It basically represents the characters looking for the best possible plot, and any attempt to rationalize it as timelines, hallucinations, etc. seems to me a fruitless enterprise. Run Lola Run resolutely uses the logic of a music video, with driving beats and the energy of a red-haired woman (the engaging Franka Potente) running through the streets of Berlin, to advance its intensely emotional plot. Which version actually happened? They all did, that's my answer. In a world of fiction, everything is imaginary and everything is real, and this film doesn't define the two, to its credit. More than an experiment in structure (though it is that), it makes you a participant in its game and comes to an emotionally satisfying close. Recommended!Warrison
after all that running I feel like I need to catch my breath...aniforprez
direction is one of the best i have ever seen. the actors were only average though. they could have done so much better. but a great movieDieguito
The difference in life that 1 second can make is amazingGeorge Bailey
WUNDERBAR!!fkos
Wasn't overly impressed tbh -.-ksatv
So alive!sureup
An ok movie, but I felt like "ohhh no not again" every time it started over...Kevin_Volkl
Love this movie, alot of fun. I feel like it inspired alot of movies, but none came close to the cohesion this one had.Showing items 1 – 15 of 26