Run Lola Run

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Run Lola Run

R

Released Jun 18, 1999

1h 20m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Xan Brooks

Independent (UK)

While there's much substance behind the style, its caffeine-rush rhythm sets the blood pumping.

Dec 20, 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Aaron C

This film is still a masterpiece!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/13/24

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Chris

Intense and not a second wasted

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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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

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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

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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

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Lola

Moritz Bleibtreu

Manni

Herbert Knaup

Vater

Armin Rohde

Herr Schuster

Joachim Król

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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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