I enjoyed it, but could have been better if...
I did enjoy this films, but there were a few things that I felt could have been done better:
-I think they should have chosen whether to go down a serious/comical route, it seemed like an unbalanced mix of both. I would have preferred something as tense as maybe Phone Booth, but kept in the arthouse style
-The cartoon scenes ruined any tension, they just felt a bit unnecessary, and they could have been better animated. With Lola and Manni dieing it seemed a bit of a weird inclusion, it made Lola's runs seem like a casual jog.
-The idea of the flashforwards was good, but it was done with the wrong people. Like the woman with the pram really didn't relate much to the story, it would be better if these flashforwards were for the main characters, or maybe affected Lola's runs (kind of butterfly effectish)
-I think with these flashbacks and the animated scenes, not really enough time was spent developing Lola and Manni's characters. It would have been interesting to know more about them, particularly Lola, from her flat and appearence shes seenms an interesting character.
All that said, I did enjoy Lola, and I'm a big fan of the cinema du look films which this borrows from. I would give it maybe a 7-7.5/10, but I really wanted to like it more.