Based on a 2007 book by Virginia Vallejo, as fairly standard movie, "Loving Pablo" details the tumultuous relationship between Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar (J. Bardem) and his ambitious superficial mistress, Colombian television journalist V. Vallejo (P. Cruz). As end result, film fails to make much of an impact on the viewers. From time to time, showed violence does alleviate ones crushing boredom, but the movie - which BTW closes with a completely anticlimactic final - ultimately becomes a serious waste of time. Basically, film is not on the same level with the excellent Netflix TV series Narcos, which covered Escobar's epic rise and fall. Also, it's more unenlightening than any other Escobar biopic, while Cruz doesn't do justice to her character and Bardem's acting (with his unnecessary pot belly) seems confused and with no idea of what he is meant to be showing. At the end, movie - with its top-notch production values - simply leaves you indifferent. Had it come along before "Narcos", it might have been received differently, but now - it's irrelevant, mostly boring and totally unnecessary movie.
Rating: 6/5-
Rating: 6/5-