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Loving Pablo

Play trailer 2:29 Poster for Loving Pablo R 2018 2h 8m Crime Drama Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 10/05/2018
2/4
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. Go to Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 10/04/2018
"Tolerating Pablo" might have better suited this unremarkable picture... Go to Full Review Mike D'Angelo AV Club 10/02/2018
C
It's the cinematic equivalent of a vintage True Confessions article-the kind that would inspire a headline like "My Sin Was Loving Him." Go to Full Review Mikel Zorrilla Espinof 07/25/2019
'Loving Pablo' wants to address too much and fails to hit any of the aspects about Pablo Escobar's life. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ron Wilkinson It's Just Movies 11/18/2018
7/10
A thriller without a twist, the love affair that may, or may not, have brought a big man down. Go to Full Review Paula Vázquez Prieto La Nación (Argentina) 11/15/2018
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] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Justin P @RT79130898 Sep 18 Hate seeing 'english films' when the story is originally in Spanish. See more Jose María C @RT37331891 01/29/2024 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. See more Arun S @RT38034373 02/07/2021 The only reason why I watched this film till the end was the hard hitting performance of Zavier Bardem as Pablo Escobar. See more 02/07/2021 Great movie to watch with your family and friends See more daniel m @MazzaQuePasa 05/27/2019 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 See more 03/21/2019 Don't believe the opinion of critics. See more Read all reviews
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Fernando León de Aranoa

Director

Javier Bardem

Pablo Escobar

Penélope Cruz

Virginia Vallejo

Peter Sarsgaard

Shepard

Julieth Restrepo

Maria Victoria Henao

Lillian Blankenship

Family man's daughter

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Movie Info

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)