Critical Reception
The film was nominated for 41 awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language. It won 26. These included the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics, the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival, and seven separate wins at the German Film Awards
As of September 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 92% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 79 reviews. On Metacritic, another review aggregator, the film had an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 29 reviews, stating the film as having "generally favourable reviews". The Internet Movie Database, IMDb, shows Run Lola Run as having earned 8 out of 10.
In contrasting reviews, Film Threat's Chris Gore said of the film, " delivers everything great foreign films should - action, sex, compelling characters, clever filmmaking, it's unpretentious (a requirement for me) and it has a story you can follow without having to read those annoying subtitles. I can't rave about this film enough -- this is passionate filmmaking at its best. One of the best foreign films, heck, one of the best films I have seen", while Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Chicago Reader stated, "About as entertaining as a no-brainer can be--a lot more fun, for my money, than a cornball theme-park ride like "Speed," and every bit as fast moving. But don't expect much of an aftertaste.".
The film was released on DVD on December 21, 1999, and on Blu-ray on February 19, 2008.
- Ranked #86 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.
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