Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Very good -- but slightly misleading
"Run Lola Run" is an example of the sort of experimental storytelling you just can't get out of most American studios these days. In a nutshell, Lola (Franka Potente) has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks or her boyfriend will be killed by his mob boss. This film follows three potential outcomes for this situation, and it does it in a smart, entertaining fashion.The only problem I have comes with a lot of the promotional material and the hype -- before I saw this movie, everything I read about it said it was about how "choices" can affect the way your life unfolds. This isn't exactly what the movie is about.While Lola certainly does make different choices in each of the three scenarios presented, the crux, the starting point, NEVER changes -- Lola makes the same FIRST decision and the metaphorical snowballs are sent in three different directions originally because of accidents of timing and fate rather than any choice she makes.Still, this is a highly entertaining film and well worth picking up -- just don't be fooled.