One of the best films of the 90's, I totally fell in love with Franka Potente after this. I remember the hype when it was first released, I still hear people incorrectly state that it's a 10 hour long art film that just shows a woman continually running. Idiots. This is a great f...( read more)
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde
A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket.
DVD Release Date: December 21, 1999
Stats: 7,703 reviews
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September 14, 2009
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August 27, 2009
Lola Rennt is definitely in my top ten favourites. Anyone and everyone in the 21st Century can relate to at least one element of this film. Whether it be in from the family relationship perspective e.g. alienated someway by your parents, the feeling of being shut out, or the feel...( read more)
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August 27, 2009
A young woman receives a phone call from her boyfriend telling her that if he doesn't get 100,000 Deutchmarks within 20 minutes he's a dead man. It tells of the consequences of the phone call in 20 minutes of real time three times over, each containing a slightly differing timeli...( read more)
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March 17, 2009
Tom Tykwer is the visionary that most filmmakers only dream of being. This is a work of true originality, manipulating time and space as it ponders over the many possibilities that can result from a simple choice. Short and swift, Run Lola Run is a masterpiece, and is destined ...( read more)
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March 16, 2009
Crazy german filmmaking...I need to see this again - it was pretty good
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December 5, 2009
Really fucking intense, but I found myself mesmerized by it all. This film is about so much more than merely a girl running to save her boyfriend's life in twenty minutes, it is about the essentiality of time and small occurrences which can change fate, and when it doesn't, you m...( read more)
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December 4, 2009
cool... she's actually a very good runner...i love her when she screams hahaha :))
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November 20, 2009
A very very very intense film with a non linear story structure that works and a fantastic and energetic soundtrack that helps take you through this film. A must see, very creative and awesome. Heck, even the credits go the opposite way(dropping instead of rising),
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Run Lola Run is more than the sum of its gimmicks: It has a real worldview. full review
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October 9, 2008My only critisim about this movie is the soundtrack....i dont get why a tribal/jungle type song is played half way though it
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February 27, 2008ES UNA PELICULA FANTASTICA MUY ORIGINAL. CON SUS DIFERENTES FINALES. ES GRANDIOSA.
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May 4, 2007Beautiful Alternative ending movie. Fast, fun, and flirty. Franka is amazing! Music fit so well, actors perfect... Thanks to my Film Lit class.. I am forever in love with this movie!!
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June 21, 2006I love this movie some things about it are just classic. I owe my love of the movie due to the repetitive showing of it in my high school german class. We must have watched it about 40 times over four years, 60 if you include the times we only watched parts.
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