X
  • 2018
  • R
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)
  • 2 h 3 m

Summary Loving Pablo chronicles the rise and fall of the world’s most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem) and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo (Penélope Cruz) throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

Directed By: Fernando León de Aranoa

Written By: Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist, Virginia Vallejo

  • 2018
  • R
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)
  • 2 h 3 m

Loving Pablo

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.2
My Score
Hover and click to give a rating Saved

Where to Watch

Summary Loving Pablo chronicles the rise and fall of the world’s most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem) and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo (Penélope Cruz) throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

Directed By: Fernando León de Aranoa

Written By: Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist, Virginia Vallejo

Where to Watch

Top Cast

View All
View All Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews

 View All
Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
42
13% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
12 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

 View All
Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
42
13% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
12 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews
80
Oct 3, 2018
But for all its missteps, it's tough not to be engaged. Cruz's full-tilt flamboyance is just too much fun, and her more down-to-earth moments can be devastating.
By Randy Cordova FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 5, 2018
Cruz is stunning in Vallejo’s exquisite couture ensembles and impeccable makeup. But like the film itself, they are just on the surface.
FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 3, 2018
Loving Pablo had the opportunity of making Virginia Vallejo its star. It should have pushed Escobar to the background so Bardem could shine as a villain-in-waiting instead being gifted the spotlight.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Like flipping through the pages of a pulpy best-seller, watching Loving Pablo has its moments of guilty pleasure but leaves an empty feeling when you reach the end.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 4, 2018
Double-stuffed with kill squads, killer ’80s couture and mood-killing howlers, Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s Loving Pablo is more a greatest hits than a story, the kind of radically compressed life-of-a-legend movie where everything happens in a giddy, ridiculous gush — except for when it slows down to dwell on horrors.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
40
Long, loud and lurid, with a distinct whiff of week-old quesito colombiano, Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s pulpy Pablo Escobar biopic promises an alternative spin on familiar material by taking the perspective of the drug kingpin’s glamorous journalist lover Virginia Vallejo. Yet she turns out to be as stock a presence as anyone else in this blood-spattered chunk of cartoon history.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 4, 2018
Why is she attracted to him? For that matter, why are we watching?
By Stephen Whitty FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

 View All
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.2
38% Positive
5 Ratings
62% Mixed
8 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings

User Reviews

 View All
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.2
38% Positive
5 Ratings
62% Mixed
8 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings

There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.

Details

 View All
Production Company Escobar Films, B2Y Productions
Release Date Oct 5, 2018
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline He created an empire. She created him.
Website http://millennium-media.net/mf-films/escobar/
View All Details

Awards

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 2 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 2 Nominations

Related Movies

Related News

Every Zack Snyder Movie, Ranked

Every Zack Snyder Movie, Ranked

Nick Hyman

With the arrival of Zack Snyder's latest Rebel Moon chapter on Netflix, we rank every one of the director's films—from bad to, well, less bad—by Metascore.

  • movie
Every Guy Ritchie Movie, Ranked

Every Guy Ritchie Movie, Ranked

Nick Hyman

We rank every one of the British director's movies by Metascore, from his debut Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels to his brand new film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

  • movie
2024 Movie Release Calendar

2024 Movie Release Calendar

Jason Dietz

Find release dates for every movie coming to theaters, VOD, and streaming throughout 2024 and beyond, updated weekly.

  • movie
April Movie Preview (2024)

April Movie Preview (2024)

Keith Kimbell

The month ahead will bring new films from Alex Garland, Luca Guadagnino, Dev Patel, and more. To help you plan your moviegoing options, our editors have selected the most notable films releasing in April 2024, listed in alphabetical order.

  • movie
DVD/Blu-ray Releases: New & Upcoming

DVD/Blu-ray Releases: New & Upcoming

Jason Dietz

Find a list of new movie and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray (updated weekly) as well as a calendar of upcoming releases on home video.

  • movie