Loving Pablo

June. 15,2018      R
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6.3
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The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

Javier Bardem as  Pablo Escobar
Penélope Cruz as  Virginia Vallejo
Peter Sarsgaard as  Shepard
Julieth Restrepo as  Maria Victoria Henao
Óscar Jaenada as  Santoro
David Valencia as  Santos
Mark Basnight as  Family Man
Joavany Alvarez as  Ignacio Velarde
Matthew Moreno as  Pablito
David Ojalvo as  FBI Agent

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Reviews

Cubussoli
2018/06/15

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Odelecol
2018/06/16

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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ThedevilChoose
2018/06/17

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Lidia Draper
2018/06/18

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Kapten Video
2018/06/19

The popculture's one of the more iconic real-life drug barons Pablo Escobar returns to screen, played by Javier Bardem.The notorious man's rule and eventual fall are portrayed by the perspective of a journalist (Penélope Cruz) who was his long-time lover - the screenplay is based on the book that she published.A real-life epic drama, starred by two of the Spanish cinema's biggest gifts to modern Hollywood? It is easy to imagine this being a vanity project with not much real depth or dramatic heft.And you would be right to think that. "Loving Pablo" is more about the excitement of watching Bardem and Cruz re-enacting the great soap opera / crime story than giving intellectually exciting excursion to the mind and life of the great mr Escobar.There's nothing markedly unique about the story, just more rehashing of popular "greed is good" and mafia cliches that we've witnessed in mainstream movies and series released in the last thirty years or so (since Oliver Stone invented them for "Wall Street").The character- and relationship development in the centre of the story feel functional but overall shallow. Sometimes the narrator just conveniently mentions something to add important new information which one can't just deduce from seen events. For example that Virginia was afraid of Pablo too, and Pable often cheated on her also.Maybe the new, 16 minutes shorter cinema cut is to blame? IMDb and some reviews suggest is should last 123 minutes instead of 107. The longer version's additional material may have made the story better.But one can't argue with the movie's two biggest trumps which make it easily worth the ticket price or time spent.Firstly, the adrenaline-soaked violence. Sure, there is a great number of movies and series out there that make killing and hurting people look cool, as opposed to real life where it seems much more horrifying and much less less picturesque.But "Loving Pablo" is really in the league of its own, all this killing business looks amazing and visually inventive. R-rating well earned. Not that I condone violence in real life... but still.Secondly, Bardem, great as always. Witnessing his mesmerizing performance as the drug lord is a pleasure indeed.I do not especially care how realistic his approach to the real-life Escobar is - don't think it matters, really - but Bardem looks every inch as sly and dangerous human beast as the kingpin must have been in his lifetime. Lifeless, half-shut, lurking eyes, curled hair, pot-belly... he creates a powerful and memorable cinematic gangster for sure.Also, I may be the only one to say this, but I'd like to see Nicolas Cage fill this role. Watching Bardem, I constantly felt that Cage would also be great as this character.Cruz is good too but she's more of a supporting player, and her character is not fascinating in her own right. More like a decoration in the great big painting of Escobar's life."Loving Pablo" was first released in Venice Film Festival last September, but the distributors have made a wise choice to release it widely this summer instead.Wise because it's entertaining cinema but a rather shallow movie, easily watchable and digestible on the go. In other words, good for summer season.

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pedroabi
2018/06/20

Terrible movie and very stupid pablo speaks inglish and in 82 he was 26 javier his 52, another stupid American producion

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Larry Tate
2018/06/21

Javier Bardem is almost completely incoherent throughout most of the movie, and just sounds like someone who is drunk and has a mouthful of marbles.All around us were people who kept saying what did he say? I can understand him is he speaking English?Given the amount of money that actors are paid to portray a role these days they should have it should be written into their contract that there is a requirement for their dialogue to be delivered in a way that is clear and legible. If this is your craft and people cannot understand you then high time to take some elocution classes or look for another occupation.Like most reviews have stated this offering pales into comparison to the Narcos series, if you really must watch it then wait for a voice overdubbing version or look for full subtitles or you will be wasting your time.1/10 because it wont let me vote zero.

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redlightlessness
2018/06/22

Narcos seasons 1 and 2 have already captured the story of Pablo Escobar fantastically. In Narcos, Wagner Moura portraits Escobar in such a convincing way that to me he is now Pablo Escobar. Watching a quality actor like Bardem doesn't change the fact that even a movie edition of Narcos would easily be a better movie.

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