Run Lola Run Review
by David Sunga (zookeeper AT criticzoo DOT com)July 27th, 1999
RUN LOLA RUN (1998)
also called LOLA RENNT
(German with subtitles in English)
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact personally or it stood out
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A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Written by: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu and Herbert Knaup
Synopsis:
In a phone call Lola (Franka Potente) learns that her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) will be killed by a drug dealer unless she and Manni cough up 100,000 deutschemarks in the next 20 minutes. This sends Lola on a frantic dash for cash to the accompaniment of mod music and scenes of a lot of running (hence the title RUN LOLA RUN).
Opinion:
Remember the film GROUNDHOG DAY where Bill Murray played Phil, the sarcastic weatherman who got to redo the day several times until he finally performed the day the magical way it was fated to happen? Same deal here, only instead of Phil the sarcastic weatherman we get the MTV treatment. We cheer for Lola the cute, hyperkinetic, screaming punker girl with army boots, tatoos, and color-dyed hair as she high tails it to Daddy's bank. Lola's got 20 minutes to succeed, the stakes are deadly, and she doesn't get as many chances as Phil did. It makes for a fun and quirky collage as small details happen right and left which change fate like shards in a kaleidoscope.
Reviewed by David Sunga
July 26, 1999
Copyright © 1999 by David Sunga
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