Loving Pablo

{{Short description|2017 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Loving Pablo

| image = Loving Pablo.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Fernando León de Aranoa

| producer = {{ubl|Dean Nichols|Javier Bardem|Miguel Menendez de Zubillaga|Kalina Kottas|Michael Zimbalist}}

| writer =

| screenplay = {{ubl|Fernando León de Aranoa|Michael Zimbalist}}

| based_on = {{Based on|Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar|Virginia Vallejo}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lovingpablo.com/ |title=Book: Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=1 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201145405/http://www.lovingpablo.com/ |url-status=dead }}

| starring = {{ubl|Javier Bardem|Penélope Cruz}}

| music = Federico Jusid

| cinematography = Alex Catalan

| editing = Nacho Ruiz Capillas

| distributor = Star Cinema (Philippines)

| released = {{Film date|2017|9|6|Venice|2018|3|9|Spain|2018|07|11|Philippines|df=yes}}

| runtime = 125 minutes

| country = Spain, Philippines

| language = English

| budget = €14.6 million{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682788/ |title=Loving Pablo (2017) |publisher=IMDb. IMDb|access-date=28 September 2022}}

| gross = $17.5 million{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3745337861/ |title=Loving Pablo (2017) |publisher=Box Office Mojo. IMDb|access-date=2 June 2020}}

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Loving Pablo, internationally known as Escobar, is a 2017 English-language Spanish biographical crime drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, based on Virginia Vallejo's memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar.{{cite news | last =McNary | first =Dave | date =13 May 2015 | title =Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz Starring in Pablo Escobar Movie | url =https://variety.com/2015/film/news/javier-bardem-penelope-cruz-pablo-escobar-movie-1201494635/ | work =Variety | location =Cannes | access-date =23 August 2017 }}{{cite news | last =Zsalai | first =Georg | date =28 July 2017 | title = San Sebastian Unveils First Competition Titles, Will Screen Pablo Escobar Film With Javier Bardem | url =http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/san-sebastian-festival-unveils-first-competition-titles-will-screen-loving-pablo-1024936 | work =The Hollywood Reporter | location =San Sebastian | access-date =23 August 2017 }} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thewrap.com/aaron-sorkin-brie-larson-louis-ck-movies-added-toronto-film-festival-lineup/|title=Aaron Sorkin, Brie Larson, Louis CK Movies Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup|last=Pond|first=Steve|date=15 August 2017|work=The Wrap|access-date=15 August 2017}}

Plot

Between 1981 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had a romantic relationship with the journalist and the television presenter, Virginia Vallejo.

Cast

Reception

=Box office=

Loving Pablo grossed $22,017 in the United States and Canada, and $17,5 million in other territories, plus $60,312 with home video sales.{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Loving-Pablo-(Spain)#tab=summary |title=Loving Pablo (2017) |publisher=The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC |access-date=2 June 2020}}

=Critical response=

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 31% based on 48 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 4.82/10. 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."{{cite web|title=Loving Pablo (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/loving_pablo|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=2 June 2020}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/loving-pablo |title=Loving Pablo Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=2 June 2020}}

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