Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo
Film poster
Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
Produced by
  • Dean Nichols
  • Javier Bardem
  • Miguel Menendez de Zubillaga
  • Kalina Kottas
Written by Fernando León de Aranoa
Based on Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar
by Virginia Vallejo[1]
Starring
Music by Federico Jusid
Cinematography Alex Catalan
Edited by Nacho Ruiz Capillas
Release date
  • 6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) (Venice)
  • 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (Spain)
Running time
 125 minutes
Country Spain
Language English
Box office $14.8 million[2]

Loving Pablo is a 2017 English-language Spanish drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, based on Virginia Vallejo's memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar.[3][4] It was screened Out of Competition in the 74th Venice International Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

Plot

Between 1983 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had an affair with journalist and television presenter, Virginia Vallejo.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 26% based on 31 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "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."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

In a mixed review, Stanley Widianto, writing for The Jakarta Post, calls the film "a rinse-and-repeat of the tales of the late notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar" that relies on its thriller components. Widianto notes that the film suffers from scattered storytelling and barely succeeds at adding complexity to the story of Escobar.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Book: Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar". Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Loving Pablo (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ↑ McNary, Dave (13 May 2015). "Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz Starring in Pablo Escobar Movie". Variety. Cannes. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Zsalai, Georg (28 July 2017). "San Sebastian Unveils First Competition Titles, Will Screen Pablo Escobar Film With Javier Bardem". The Hollywood Reporter. San Sebastian. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Pond, Steve (15 August 2017). "Aaron Sorkin, Brie Larson, Louis CK Movies Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup". The Wrap. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Loving Pablo (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Loving Pablo Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Widianto, Stanley (29 June 2018). "Loving Pablo: Another recapitulation of the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar". The Jakarta Post. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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