Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 2.0
Overhyped and Tedious Film.
This film is based on a single central idea which isn't particularly original in the first place. It tells a story from the point of view of several possible outcomes which provides an interesting way of telling a story though it is very reiterative.The film takes place in a typical mittel-Europa city - probably German - and concerns itself with a very slight plot in which there are multiple outcomes. I won't bore you with the detail but suffice to say that unless you like to look at the eponymous Lola (believe me she's no oil painting) running around the streets to get to talk to various people (hasn't she heard of the "telephone" or the "taxi"; perhaps the title of the film wouldn't work well "Phone Lola Phone" and "Ride Lola Ride" don't really have the same ring to them, I suppose) you'll get pretty bored with this one - especially as it's telling the same story with a different ending three or four times.As entertainment this is only slighly more interesting than watching paint dry. I'll give it one more star than the absolute minimum due to it's interesting effort to try and tell a story in an innovative manner but beyond that there is very little of value here.Give this one a miss despite what the other fawning 5* reviews here are telling you.