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Run Lola Run

Play trailer 1:24 Poster for Run Lola Run R Released Jun 18, 1999 1h 20m Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car. Given 20 minutes to come up with the money, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), who sprints through the streets of the city to try to beg the money out of her bank manager father (Herbert Knaup) and get to Manni before he does something desperate.
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More fun than a barrel of Jean-Paul Sartre, pic's energy riffs on an engaging love story and really human performances while offering a series of what-ifs and a blood-stirring soundtrack.

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Peter Howell Toronto Star Tykwer ups the adrenalin with a fast-forward technique that gives instant backgrounders on some of the people Lola flashes by. It's dizzying, almost like having your life flash before your eyes. But it's a rush, just like the movie. Rated: 4/4 Jun 21, 2024 Full Review Zachary Barnes Wall Street Journal Though it doesn’t deliver a Shyamalanian twist or create the revelatory, encompassing new world of The Matrix, it offers spare, high-velocity action with spectacular style, ornamented with ribbons of philosophical mischief. Jun 6, 2024 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: A Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness RUN LOLA RUN is the kind of film you might see once, whether in the theater or at home, and never forget it. Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Allison Rose FlickDirect Run Lola Run is a thinker worthy of discussion and dissection in film classes everywhere. Rated: 4.5/5 Jul 29, 2024 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity Tom Tykwer’s breakthrough, breakneck <i>Run Lola Run</i> set the German filmmaker’s international career in motion in 1998. Rated: 10/10 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mr. Hollywood Still is unique and enjoyable all these many years later. And it was great to see it again and in a theater. So many little things make this good that if you have not seen it you must. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Aaron C This film is still a masterpiece!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Chris Intense and not a second wasted Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/12/24 Full Review Jeff As great and impactful as it was 25 years ago! There is still nothing else like Run Lola Run. A remarkable, propulsive film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Sebastian R A film who's nitrous injected pacing can be described in terms of velocity, Run Lola Run pretty much hits the ground sprinting. Its relentless momentum is sustained with a genuinely energetic, unpredictable and ceaselessly inventive chain of events. The framework for the plot is laid out by way of swift exposition in the opening minutes and features a few unexpected turns that won't be spoilt here, just know there's a courier trying to deliver a bag of cash to a drug dealer and his flame haired girlfriend who sets out to save him- by running- a lot. Having sat through many........many hours of tired, formulaic, forgettable big budget movies churned out by the Hollywood factory this year, Run Lola Run takes a high speed run-up kick in the pods to its modern"content" obsessed counterparts- I believe this is being screened in the Imax London soon, where Gladiator II's currently showing. you'll probably forget much of the latter shortly after watching, you definitely won't with the former. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Fer S Good movie! I just did not like having to watch the cartoon version over and over again. Great 90s aesthetic. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car. Given 20 minutes to come up with the money, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), who sprints through the streets of the city to try to beg the money out of her bank manager father (Herbert Knaup) and get to Manni before he does something desperate.
Director
Tom Tykwer
Producer
Stefan Arndt, Gebhard Henke, Andreas Schreitmüller
Screenwriter
Tom Tykwer
Distributor
Columbia Tristar, Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
X-Filme Creative Pool, Arte, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Rating
R
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.5M
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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