BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Anouk Anouk I just finished the season 2 of Narcos and I was intrigued by Pablo Escobar's life, so I thought this documentary will only help me find out more about the spice and the highs of El Padron. Seems I was so wrong. This is just an attempt to make some more money from the well known Escobar's life, this is just an excuse of documentary. I am saying that because the movie doesn't show us anything outstanding, other than some shots from the 80s - 90s with Escobar at Napoles villa, with his involvement in the political life and with his son saying how sorry he is and how he has become a pacifist.The most important scene of the movie is so predictable and sooo made for politics! (you'll understand what I'm saying if you'll want to waste your time and watch this). So, the big picture is one of a son that has become a pacifist and a lamb so pure and so tormented by his father's sins that he still makes living out of the past and his father's history, a woman that was married to live the good life together with Colombia's most fearful criminal and hasn't said a word to the authorities and she is now playing the "I didn't want to be part of this" role and some tapes with Escobar's voice, either singing to his son or talking to the authorities and swearing.For this, I say you'd better watch Narcos. Far more accurate and objective!

ValerinAmberz I am not going to talk so much about the historical part of this documentary, which indeed is great and one of the best I've seen. I have no objections about it at all. However I don't buy this "we're all victims" idea that the filmmakers and Marroquin are trying to portray. It's so sad that after seeing footage of the wonderful and brave leaders Rodrigo Lara Bonilla and Luis Carlos Galan you later get to see their sons sell out and in the most naive way accept Pablo Escobar junior's apology in front of the cameras, which is nothing more than a publicity stunt. Sadly Colombias now historical heroes' clear-sighted and firm stand against corruption and criminality weren't passed on to their sons. I felt sad seeing these nice, well intentioned guys being so manipulated by the opportunistic son of Escobar, or Sebastian Marroquin as he calls himself today. There is no way neither Cano nor Galan would sell out this way had they been alive today. Marroquin also tried to reach out to other victims, such as the Cano family who wisely questioned his real intentions and backed out of it. Marroquin is a guy that several times has tried to trademark Pablos name in Colombia and abroad sells t-shirts with his fathers picture on them under the ridiculous pretext that it's to raise awareness and that history should never repeat itself. That's rich. I guess with that same logic you should sell t-shirts of Hitler and swastikas to support anti-racism. Make no mistake about it. Marroquins biggest hero is his father and that is not something that you can combine with remorse and regret. His apology is as fake as Pablo Esobars speeches about peace in Colombia. Both Cano and Galan would've known that but apparently not their sons. If you're gonna see it, see it for the old footage and the interviews, not for the apology.According to the now released from prison, John Jairo Velasquez, who was a hit-man for Escobar, Marroquin was trained as a kid to become a criminal and did in fact participate in placing bombs and torturing of victims. Apart from still sitting on a huge amount of his fathers dirty money. This movie he mainly did because he wanted to return to Colombia to sell some properties and arts that his father left him. Believe what you want. But this guy is not as innocent as he wants to appear.

Hydek The main reason why I think people should watch this documentary is because it shows, in less than 90 minutes and based on the true story of a country, where corruption, the pursuit of power and drug trading can take you to.Just like many drug dealers don't think about how they will end up ruining their lives by entering the business, Pablo Escobar, one of the most successful of them all, most likely never thought it would ruin his life and affect his family's even decades after his death. Fortunately their stories remain there as a warning that we shouldn't ignore and that "Sins of my father" reminds the audience. This documentary is everything from the personal struggle of Escobar's son to deal with his father's life, to the fight of a country trying to become a better place but finding powerful obstacles inside and outside of its borders. It is about the human nature of doing good and about the human nature (which can be awaken early during the childhood) to do bad and destroy. Finally it is a story about regret, forgiveness and the direction in which we all should go: "pa' adelante".

thisissubtitledmovies "Juan Pablo Escobar has agreed to tell the story of his life with his father, Pablo Escobar, once described as the 'World's Greatest Outlaw'. It is also the story of the sons of Pablo Escobar's most prominent victims. It is the story of a country torn apart by violence and revenge, of death and reconciliation, and of a son's attempt to atone for the sins of the father." Ultimately it is up to the viewer to decide whether or not the actions of Sebastian Marroquin could ever have the impact that he so clearly desires. But as a snapshot of the human side of drug trafficking and the misery heaped upon the families of the victims, from all sides of the equation, My Father, Pablo Escobar is a brilliant and hard-hitting documentary. SM