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IMDb rating 6.3
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Critic Charles Bramesco
rated 6

...Cruz and Bardem appear to be having a ball with the 80s milieu and their characters’ outsized personalities.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Michael Ordona
rated 6

This memoir-based drama features strong lead performances but feels naggingly incomplete and uninvolving.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Cast & Crew

Penélope Cruz
As Virginia Vallejo
Javier Bardem
As Pablo Escobar
Atanas Srebrev
As Agent Holland
Peter Sarsgaard
As Shepard
Colin Salmon
As High State US Official

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Loving Pablo is a gripping drama that tells the true story of the tumultuous love affair between Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and journalist Virginia Vallejo. Set in the early 1980s, the film takes us on a journey through the highs and lows of their passionate relationship, which was marked by Escobar's rise to power as the world's most feared drug trafficker and his subsequent fall from grace. With stellar performances from Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, this movie offers a unique perspective on the inner workings of the Medellín cartel and the devastating impact of its reign of terror on Colombia. As Vallejo becomes increasingly entangled in Escobar's dangerous world, she must confront her own loyalties and make a choice between her love for him and her commitment to the truth.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Loving Pablo include Deadfall, Rust Creek, Joker, The Little Things, Goodnight Mommy, Promising Young Woman.

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Loving Pablo was released in theaters on June 15, 2018.