Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
An interesting perspective on human hope and faith
I won't get into the details why this movie should be considered a great movie. 500+ reviews out there with 4.5 average star rating is hard to beat. I just want to stop at one of the greatness of this movie, even if that means giving out some spoilers. If you're like me, you may be interested in reading reviews of a movie even after watching it - just in case you missed something important. In that case, you won't mind the spoilers.What I really like about this movie is how the three stories rate on the scale of being believable in contrast to our own aspirations and hopes. They all look pretty unbelievable at one point or another. Yet nothing seems less probable than the one with the happy ending, considering it involves winning at the casino 100% of the time, a 1 in a Million chance of some of the encounters. Yet we all prefer the happy ending over the other two stories. It's in our nature - to hope and have faith for the best. And when the movie ends, we're left with the happy ending feeling, even though that's only one third of what's portrayed here. Ironic - isn't it?