Loving Pablo

The film spends much too much time going over the same rise-and-fall material that has been a staple of many portrayals of Escobar himself and of most gangster films going back to the 1930's.

"Tolerating Pablo" might have better suited this unremarkable picture...

It's the cinematic equivalent of a vintage True Confessions article-the kind that would inspire a headline like "My Sin Was Loving Him."

Both actors gamely bring the full heft of their movie-star charisma.

At its heart, this is a soap opera - a bloody one, sure, but still a soap with deliciously ripe dialogue and a diva at the center.

The film uncomfortably dwells in a murky middle ground where everything is overblown but meant to be taken at face value.

'Loving Pablo' wants to address too much and fails to hit any of the aspects about Pablo Escobar's life. [Full Review in Spanish]

A thriller without a twist, the love affair that may, or may not, have brought a big man down.

This mafia story without urbanity, is tinged with an overwhelming predictability, guided by an insistent and explanatory voice over, built on characters that are consumed in the same archetypes that inspire them. [Full Review in Spanish]

A film that is correct and interesting, but still doesn't manage to escape the trappings of biopics. [Full Review in Spanish]