Loving Pablo

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Loving Pablo

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2018

2h 8m

Crime

Drama

Biography

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In the early 1980s, Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo begins a tumultuous love affair with Pablo Escobar -- the world's most feared drug lord.

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Critics Consensus

Loving Pablo bungles its seemingly cinematic real-life story -- and a pair of talented stars -- in producing a lurid biopic that adds nothing to the Escobar subgenre.

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

The film spends much too much time going over the same rise-and-fall material that has been a staple of many portrayals of Escobar himself and of most gangster films going back to the 1930's.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 5, 2018

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

"Tolerating Pablo" might have better suited this unremarkable picture...

Oct 4, 2018

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Mike D'Angelo

AV Club

It's the cinematic equivalent of a vintage True Confessions article-the kind that would inspire a headline like "My Sin Was Loving Him."

Rated: C

Oct 2, 2018

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

'Loving Pablo' wants to address too much and fails to hit any of the aspects about Pablo Escobar's life. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 25, 2019

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

A thriller without a twist, the love affair that may, or may not, have brought a big man down.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 18, 2018

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Paula Vázquez Prieto

La Nación (Argentina)

This mafia story without urbanity, is tinged with an overwhelming predictability, guided by an insistent and explanatory voice over, built on characters that are consumed in the same archetypes that inspire them. [Full Review in Spanish]

Nov 15, 2018

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Justin P

Hate seeing 'english films' when the story is originally in Spanish.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/18/25

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Jose MarÃa C

Fantastic movie! Su ambientación en los ochenta es impecable, y su fidelidad histórica pone los pelos de punta al caer en cuenta del enorme poder del narco, que por vez primera desafiaba al poder del mismo Estado, algo que al día de hoy vemos que se ha acrecentado con los nuevos narcos, y narco-Estados: México, Ecuador, y ningún país del mundo está libre del emporio narco. No es el mejor personaje de Barden, pero siempre se disfruta su gran actuación. Penélope mantiene su brillante nivel esperado y deleita con su belleza.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

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Simon R

Definitely worth watching!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/15/23

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Arun S

The only reason why I watched this film till the end was the hard hitting performance of Zavier Bardem as Pablo Escobar.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Audience Member

Great movie to watch with your family and friends

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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daniel m

I enjoyed it right to the end and it did a good job telling Pablo Escobar's story in a short 2 hour movie. 4/5

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

In the early 1980s, Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo begins a tumultuous love affair with Pablo Escobar -- the world's most feared drug lord.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Producer: Dean Nichols, Javier Bardem, Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga, Kalina Kottas
Screenwriter: Fernando León de Aranoa
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Escobar Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Some Sexuality|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 5, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.6K
Runtime: 2h 8m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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