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This highly watchable, original and amusing German movie started a renewed interest in German cinema worldwide, and was followed by a number of gems. In itself, it has made a lot of contributions to movie storytelling, and its commercial and critical success is spot on.

There isn't much more to add about this independent feature from which many have already said except...I really love this film, from the opening credits to the end credits which are also outstanding!Hollywood, take note. Here is an excellent film, not cast with your typical "Hollywood Starlettes", every actor is against type here, every actor is interesting and "your everyman" - someone you'd see everyday in every walk of regular everyday life. This film is what "Sliding Doors" could never accomplish!!! Add in the fact of why our heroine 'Lola' is running..who would base a story on THAT in Hollywood, or America at all? Let's talk about rich costuming and landscapes here, there is great usage of it all that adds richness to the story...and the music is to DIE for..I just love it. (I exercise DAILY to it!)A triumph, gripping, wonderful entertainment. Go rent/buy this film! Now!

On almost any day, I'll take youthful exuberance and experimentation over more polished, accomplished, safe work. This is just that. It is energetic, but not particularly accomplished. There is no point, but the conception deserves celebration. --Animation inserted in live action--Parallel universes--Split screens--Heavy zoom shots--Hypermedia projections of the futures of incidental characters--A few visual jokes (a cartoon croupier `spins' her at the beginning)--Black and white flashbacks--Switching between video and 35mm--Real time action for each thread--Supernatural screams--Techno pacingDoes this add up to a new genre? I'm skeptical, but IMDB voters put it in the top 75 films of all time!When this level of risk and energy is turned toward a deep subject, we'll have something important. Until then, this is interesting enough.