Run Lola Run (R, 1999)

common sense media says

Teens with a taste for the offbeat may like this one.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that there is some rough street language, references to out-of-wedlock pregnancy and adultery, and that the main characters live on the edge of the underworld -- the money Manni leaves on a train belongs to a drug dealer.

Positive messages: Not applicable.
Violence: Some violence, including car accidents and shooting.
Sex: Couple in bed (nothing shown), references to adultery, out of wedlock child.
Language: Lola says the German word for "s--t" over and over when something goes wrong.
Consumerism: Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Character is a drug dealer; social drinking, smoking.

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Families can talk about the movie's theme and about the way that the tiniest choices and interactions can have the most wide-reaching consequences.

What's the story?

What's the story?

RUN LOLA RUN is a German import about Lola (Franka Potente), who gets a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), and has only 20 minutes to find a large sum of money, or he will be killed by the drug dealer to whom he supposed to deliver the money. Lola rushes to save Manni from the drug dealer, and from himself -- he plans to hold up a store if she cannot get him the money. When she interacts with people on her way -- and in her way -- we get glimpses of what their lives ahead will hold. Lola runs to the bank where her father to ask him for the money. But he has his own problems. She does not make it in time, and the result is tragic. But Lola is determined not to let that happen again. All of a sudden, we are back in her apartment and she is getting Manni's call again. Everything starts over, but with tiny differences that have huge consequences for Lola and Manni and for the people around them. It takes three tries before Lola's running is over.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Teenagers with a taste for the offbeat will enjoy this movie. It's fun to watch, with a lot of very clever jump cuts and effects, and it can be a nice jolt for teens who are used to pedestrian big-budget film-making.

Movie themes & details

Movie Details
Studio: Columbia Tristar
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Franka Potente, Herbert Knaup, Moritz Bleibtreu
Genre: Action/Adventure
Run time: 81 minutes
Theatrical release: June 18, 1999
DVD release: December 21, 1999
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA explanation: some violence and language

This review was written by Nell Minow
 
 

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mentorso1
teen, 16 years old
 
R rated?
I'm not quite sure why exactly this movie is rated R. It does have some language, a little violence, a little bit of stuff involving drugs, but it doesn't have that much. Of course, you would need to be somewhat mature to appreciate the movie to it's fullest, but I would say that 16 + is a little more than necessary. The movie itself is a very good movie, with very original plot and great execution.

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