Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Excellent Film!
I would give this film ten stars if I could. I loved this movie. It was a fast-paced, non-stop, emotional romp that captured the gamut of emotions from A to Z! I can tell whether a movie is truly excellent if it can make me cheer for the characters--I was jumping up and down in excitement for these characters! Lola has one hefty set of lungs which she regularly uses to her advantage, and I would have screamed along with her. One important aspect of this movie was definitely the soundtrack. The driving rhythms of the techno beat really added a certain nuance to the movie. There definitely would have been a lot missing from the movie had the techno music not been a major part. Another very important part of the movie was the inclusion of excerpts from Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question," a monumental piece of classical music. It added a very nice existential touch to the movie, referring to the unanswered question of life. In a way, "The Unanswered Question" was the heart of the film, acting as an interlude between life and death for Lola and Manni and making them re-evaluate themselves and each other, finding out what is most important to both of them. The other characters in the film serve as ordinary people that either play major or minor parts to the cacophony that surrounds Lola and Manni. Lola's father plays the indifferent, two-timing parent perfectly, and everyone else is cast very strong as well. Franka Potente is superb, enough said, and Moritz Bleibtreu is effective as well, portraying a confused and desperate man caught in a bad situation. Wonderful acting, wonderful dialogue, wonderful action, and wonderful music combine for a wonderful movie!