Free Write - "Run Lola Run"

Free Write - Run Lola Run film Review

Run Lola Run is an excellent title for this film - the plot is just that, but with a twist. The movie goer is set up first with a young german girl clearly not doing all that well today. She speaks with her boyfriend on the phone, the viewer learns he is in some type of illegal trouble with money, and Manni (Lola’s boyfriend) will be killed at 12:00 if he doesn’t manage to give a man 100 grand. After the urgent call the film begins to revel it’s true colors.

Happenstance controls the body of which this movie - well runs. Lola’s effort to find 100 grand is changed ever so slightly ever moment by the people she encounters, the ideas that come to her, and the movement of the world. Snapshots are given to the viewers to better receive the ‘happenstance‘ message early on through foreshadowing into other’s lives. It takes three different daily courses of action to final see Manni - both to be debut free, and alive. 

The film captivates the imagination. It leaves the viewer in awe with a sense that you begin to see the larger picture as the movie continues. Lola runs from here to there. All over town - to her father - a supermarket - a casino. Changing her day - as hers does we begin to ponder upon ours.