Run Lola Run DVD

Advantages: great visualy, unusual structure, breathtaking pace, great soundtrack, Berlin
Disadvantages: schematic characters, lacks substance, pretentious at times

...people Lola meets on her run as well as her own story. The film has a triadic structure, I would say a dialectical one (after all, it’s a German film….) with each of the 20 minute chunks presenting a different version of the story and leading to completely different conclusion. There is a thought out symmetry here: indeed the thesis/antithesis/synthesis structure is fairly obviously used in the construction of the film. Is it, then, a ...
...the storyline to show Lola’s run downstairs and the encounter with the bullterrier-owner. We see that sequence on her mother’s TV (who ignores it) which moves the use of animation from a pure gimmick to something integrated into the story. Split screen is utilized to a good effect to depict telephone conversations of Lola and Manni. The fates of people Lola meets in the streets of Berlin are shown to us in very fast sequences of stills, ... Read review

Advantages: It's a fast-paced, exciting, inventive masterpiece
Disadvantages: It's a bit strange; it's German (only jesting)

I only came across Run Lola Run because my favourite episode of The Simpsons, Trilogy Of Errors, contained an homage to this film. You may have seen it; it's the one where they show one day from the perspective of each family member. Lisa is late for her school science fair, so she runs down the street to some techno background music. I subsequently learned that that scene is based on Lola Rennt (or Run Lola Run), a German film from 1998, starring ...
...is to drop the phone, run out of the house and through the streets of Berlin, where she must find the money before Manni takes it into his own hands and robs a supermarket. Along the way, Lola (literally) bumps into a whole range of characters, including a group of nuns, a speeding ambulance and a pane of glass (you can see where that one's heading), a homeless man, and her father, who is having an affair. Tom Tykwer's film is highly unusual, and ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, fun and furious
Disadvantages: Maybe a little TOO experimental

...what surprised me most about Run Lola Run is just how captivating a movie it is. So it's a German film, with subtitles, but don't let that put you off. The visual style and energy that director Tom Tykwer brings to this picture cannot be underestimated, nor indeed can the lively performance from Franka Potente in the lead role. If ever there was an example of film experimentation, this is it, as Tykwer throws in just about every trick in the book. ...
...suppose Sliding Doors too, but Run Lola Run definitely has its own identity. Although it takes a while to get comfortable with (especially if you don't speak German), Tykwer's style is so well suited to the film that you'll be drawn into Lola's plight very easily. This is thanks in no small way to Potente, who despite having to run along most of the streets of Berlin, still manages to give a convincing and eye-catching performance. Her character ... Read review

Advantages: Great story, shot well, good soundtrack
Disadvantages: Made in German, subtitles

...the subtitled version. That's right, Run Lola Run is a movie in German with English subtitles - I know that might put some people off. I don't speak German so when I watched the movie for the first time I was a bit apprehensive, but quickly I was so drawn into the movie that the subtitles weren't a problem at all. Basically, Lola must get 100,000 marks to Manni in under 20 minutes - or else her boyfriend is dead. The concept of the film is very ...
...Things to know about Run Lola Run: - It's a short film, running about 80 minutes - It's in German, but you can select French or English subtitles - There is some violence in it, and some swears - It's rated R in the US, 15 in the UK - Franka Potente plays Lola - she was in The Bourne Identity, Blow, and The Warrior and the Empress - There is a soundtrack to the movie, with Franka Potente singing some of the songs - I dyed my hair bright red ... Read review

Advantages: minute for minute running, completely and utterley original
Disadvantages: nothing

...life, it is happening on Run Lola Run so it 20 minute for each ending! It has the music throughout the film and she eventually shows that it supports the intro to the film. It was talking about time and how it effects everything and existence. It is also about how : if you ask a question, you get an answer....which leads to another question and so forth. It is great. Also during the different endings, Lola encounters the same people but obviously ...
...into three people in each segment and each time, it shoots a quick 6 second snapshots of what is going to happen in each of their futures, under different circumstances. It is so amazing and original. I am sure you are getting fed up of me saying that this film is so great and 'original' but its true!!!! In English it has subtitles which are very accurate to the German dialogue, while in French it was dubbed and often they didn't transalate ... Read review