Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
ALOVESTORY
I almost did not rent this movie, but was pleasantly surprised that this was a foreign movie. I rent a lot of foreign language movies to get away from the Hollywood schlock. I rank this movie with Wings of Desire and Das Boot among the top German movies. My version of the movie was subtitled but that was not necessary to tell the story. This is the story of a woman's love and what she will do for her man, to the point of refusing to die herself and refusing to let him die. By force of will, Lola shows us how deep a love can be. The music is not something I would look for on a CD but it was certainly a driving force and fit so well. Also Lola had me exhausted in the first part of the movie with her running but as the movie wore on it became subserviant to the storyline. The repeated scene of Lola and Mannie after what must have been sex ties the movie together and establishes their relationship. The 81 minute length of the movie was perfect, you can get too much of a good thing. I don't know why this movie is "R" rated unless it is for violence, but come on, what little violence there was was not gratuitous. I hate to waste 2 hours watching a bad movie. Lola was filling and satisfying in 81 mins.