| Loving Pablo | |
| Director: | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| Based On: | [1] |
| Music: | Federico Jusid |
| Cinematography: | Alex Catalan |
| Editing: | Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| Runtime: | 125 minutes |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | €14.6 million[2] |
| Gross: | $17.5 million[3] |
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.[4] [5] 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.[6]
Between 1981 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had a romantic relationship with the journalist and the television presenter, Virginia Vallejo.
Loving Pablo grossed $22,017 in the United States and Canada, and $17,5 million in other territories,[3] plus $60,312 with home video sales.[7]
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."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]