Review of Run Lola Run (1998) by Mauro R — 27 Jun 2010

Interesting storytelling and premise. "Run Lola Run" tells the story of a German girl whose boyfriend has lost a bag of 100 000 Marks and she has to somehow get the money within 20 minutes just like her boyfriend will try as well. Only he tells her he will wait 10 minutes for her and if she isn't there with the money in time then he will just get it himself by robbing a supermarket. Should they fail, they fear he will get killed.

Something you are bound to notice throughout the movie is that the editors have put a lot of effort to the imagery and transitions, which works for the most part but sometimes also gets a tad annoying. I liked the way they connected the "...and then" bits but other times like the first time we see Lola run along the river it just didn't work for me. If there's another thing I didn't like very much about the movie it was the soundtrack, I was surprised to see it mentioned on the consensus.

So, the movie's premise is to show us how tiny differences of how people react to something or what happens when you make different decisions can entirely change the outcome to something; which I thought was great. The movie shows us three different outcomes to how the same plot could end, and this is shown to us very well, even though the last outcome was a little unrealistic, it wasn't anything that bothered me or turned the movie down for me.

To end this I just have to mention the magnificent acting by the whole cast, especially Lola, her performance felt very real. If you don't mind forcing yourself to read some subtitles and enjoy seeing original stuff. I definitely recommend "Run Lola Run".