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In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
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Turning the camera's scrutinizing eye back onto To Catch a Predator's journalistic legacy, Primetime interrogates the slippery boundary between justice and lurid spectacle with crackling style and an outstanding Robert Pattinson.

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Justin Chang The New Yorker 2 hrs ago
Oppenheim zooms in on his characters so intently that he seems ready to claw their faces off, the better to penetrate through to their darkest depths. But what would he find? Pattinson’s dazzlingly contoured performance doesn’t provide any easy answers. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) 4 hrs ago
2.5/4
It's a merrily exploitative thriller about a disturbingly exploitative TV show, a drama very much in the “Network” vein. Go to Full Review
Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine 5 hrs ago
3/4
Pattinson is simply too weird, too intriguing to ever be called bland. Go to Full Review
Lynn Venhaus Webster-Kirkwood Times 47 min ago
B
"Primetime" has a heavy-handed voyeurism quality. The narrative film raises issues long associated with vigilante justice. We no longer mark people with scarlet A’s or have whipping posts in public view – we now have ever-present cameras. Go to Full Review
Beau Behan Patch.com 2 hrs ago
A lurid, compulsively watchable drama anchored by a fearless Robert Pattinson. Go to Full Review
Eileen Jones The Jacobin 4 hrs ago
With Primetime and — very soon — the much anticipated Holmes documentary, Oppenheim is undeniably an artist for our times. Go to Full Review
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Amir M 31 min ago Worth a watch, but not in theaters. The 4:3 presentation, during the entire movie, choice ruined the experience. See more Koka 32 min ago The direction and acting is incredibly done. It felt like a psychological thriller and was scary and incisive in ways TCAP couldn’t portray. The stark difference between the source and this adaptation appropriately creates tension around a very dark subject. Comedy with horror beats (or vice versa) seems to be the theme this year, and Primetime does it brilliantly. Sends the audience home, both, very conflicted and very entertained. See more Tenn 3 hrs ago 8 | 10. Phenomenal Performances, some of the most beautiful cinematography I’ve seen in a while, sure to be nominated. More comedic than expected. Lacking the story depth of everything that’s really interesting, this film gives you appetizers and never the main entree. Lacking the emotional pull at the end. See more PAWGslayer97 5 hrs ago it was boring and 98% dramatic overdrive much like Hansen himself was sort of saying. overly drawn out filler that you can go your whole life without seeing and be totally fine as a TCAP fan See more Nick 14 hrs ago Very artsy, Pattinson is a powerhouse in this movie See more Evan E 15 hrs ago The story you may already know with some exaggerated elements and Pattinson putting on another clinic of a performance alongside his co-stars. While culturally relevant (unfortunately), this movie left me wondering why it was made. It’s a solid movie, don’t get me wrong, but the purpose behind Primetime—beyond themes of evil, self-reflection, ethics and morality—were a bit Lost on me. Overall, I think Pattinson manages to deliver a depth to a character that isn’t quite there in real life, but don’t expect much deeper than that. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
Director
Lance Oppenheim
Producer
Robert Pattinson, Brighton McCloskey, Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone
Screenwriter
Ajon Singh
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Range Media Partners, A24, Icki Eneo Arlo, Square Peg
Rating
R (Some Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Material|Language|Graphic Nudity)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 2026, Wide
Runtime
1h 50m
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