Franka Potente,
Benno Fürmann,
Joachim Król,
Marita Breuer,
Jürgen Tarrach
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Director Tom Tykwer followed up his international hit Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) with this drama, which also examines young people living on the edges of the law. Sisi (Franka Potente) is an attractive... read more
DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002
Stats: 781 reviews
Pretty to look at, but unnecessarily slow...as if the goal were to make a heist movie without the vulgar ingredient of excitement. Very odd movie. I kept asking myself "is there a point to all this"? Very long, too. Just not my cup of tea, apparently.
a fairy tale, as the title suggests, in the sense that fairy tales are myths of psychic healing. it's one of the oldest functions of storytelling and the characters here are archetypal. love franka and that hypnotic piano theme during the heist. an ambitious film on many level... read more
A psychiatric nurse tracks down the mystery man who saved her life after a traffic accident but finds herself on the run when she is caught up in his attempt to rob a bank. The Princess and the Warrior is an offbeat love story that has "European cinema" written all over it. Two ... read more
Beautiful, love it. Would watch one hundred times in a row and not get bored.
Such a beautiful and well done movie. Often mindbending and heartbreaking. Incredible score/soundtrack too. I'm definitely kicking myself for not seeing this sooner.
Do you know what you get when you have your climax half way through the movie? A bad movie. A series of random events that never really leads anywhere or builds any sort of attachment to the characters.
Sometimes I find it hard to get the right words to describe a movie.Specially Europeans ones. This is an unusual love story? a melodramatic thriller? Which was sometimes disturbing, too, especially the scenes in the psychiatry, where Sissy works as a nurse - and the hypnotizing m... read more
'The Princess and The Warrior' Royally Blows
Wow, this one moves at the pace you do in your nightmares when you're trying to run away from evil creatures. 'Crawl, Lola, Crawl' is a more fitting title than the completely befuddling one they chose. I understood very little about t... read more
Interesting direction. It was a lot different from what I thought it was going to be. It was okay. I found the characters to be two-dimensional.
Often fascinating but bizarre and, ultimately, unsatisfying.
Its two characters remain figures, merely symbols. Full Review
Every person's behavior, Tykwer demonstrates with a flourish, is ultimately a matter of chance. Full Review
Mesmerizing fable of frozen grief and stubborn love.
You don't have any idea what's going to happen next. Full Review
This is a love story, but it isn't one you've ever seen before. Full Review
Formalistically elegant and meticulous, yet ultimately unengaging. Full Review
What's special about the film is at a deeper level, down where [Tykwer] engages with the souls of his characters. Full Review
Nowhere near as dynamic as the title implies.
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