Review of Run Lola Run (1998) by Andrew T — 10 Aug 2009
The fast-cut editing style of MTV has infiltrated film in a bad way since its inception, but with Run Lola Run, we may have one of the first examples of this technique being used in a high-art fashion.
The story of a woman who only has a brief window of time to acquire enough money to save her boyfriend is a hyper-kinetic achievement in film, walking us through three scenarios and keeping us engaged for so long that this feels like a longer short film than an actual feature length movie.
Speed, time, and motion are the key themes of this film, and they are the three elements that make it a fascinating piece of celluloid. Franka Potente is great as Lola, but the film is less about performance and more about the complexity of the journey, and the surprises.
And that is perhaps my favorite element of the film; this movie will throw you for a loop several times, and it never feels cheap or cliche. An intriguing study of the power of choices in times of duress and how the consequences they will ultimately yield.
This review of Run Lola Run (1998) was written by Andrew T on 10 Aug 2009.
Run Lola Run has generally received very positive reviews.
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