Run Lola Run

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Run Lola Run

R

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)

12/20/2024

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

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

06/21/2024

4/4

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.

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Zachary Barnes

Wall Street Journal

06/06/2024

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.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Willamette Week

01/22/2025

Lola dabbles in the metaphysics and gamification of that subgenre, but with an independent spirit that tries a lot, refreshingly explains very little, and above all, feeds on the rush.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

08/06/2024

RUN LOLA RUN is the kind of film you might see once, whether in the theater or at home, and never forget it.

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

07/29/2024

4.5/5

Run Lola Run is a thinker worthy of discussion and dissection in film classes everywhere.

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Mr. Hollywood

06/14/2024

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.

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Aaron C

06/13/2024

This film is still a masterpiece!!

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Chris

06/12/2024

Intense and not a second wasted

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Jeff

06/08/2024

As great and impactful as it was 25 years ago! There is still nothing else like Run Lola Run. A remarkable, propulsive film.

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Teja J

@RT30857604 Jun 14

Astonishingly original

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 Apr 4

Though the cycle broke upon the climatic, pleasantly rewarding scenario, this is one of the more fun, under earnest circumstances, entertaining films by directorial intellect in being concise, active and direct with the techno vibrant not only echoing the idealized rushing adrenaline but also functionally captivates in remarkable engaging matter. (A-)

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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: Arte, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, X-Filme Creative Pool
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)