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In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

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Lance Oppenheim

Director

Robert Pattinson

Chris Hansen

Merritt Wever

Lynn Keller

Skyler Gisondo

Dan Plumb

Phoebe Bridgers

Member of Hansen's team

Matt Maher

Actor

Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

16h

I’ve admired Pattinson for years, but nothing quite prepared me for his turn as Hansen... It’s a stunning demonstration of the actor’s range, and watching the film you can’t imagine any other performer of his generation pulling it off.

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Hannah Strong

Little White Lies

16h

Robert Pattinson, wears Chris Hansen’s skin like a suit, affecting his selachian stare and unimpeachable insistence he’s on a mission to “cleanse the world of an ancient evil”. He’s sharper than ever.

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Nicholas Barber

BBC.com

16h

5/5

The key could be that Pattinson never asks us to sympathise with the character. In fact, he seems happy for us to loathe him. But it's a pleasure to watch him, anyway. This is the best performance yet from the most intriguing actor of his generation.

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Hugo Emmerzael

In Review Online

5h

A film so salacious in its content and so persistent in its media-archaeological obsession that it’s easy to forgive the occasional slip-up... You’d be hard-pressed to find a more captivating fiction debut out there these days.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

9h

3/5

Ultimately, there’s little to learn beyond the reiteration of a basic message regarding how good intentions are often manipulated for the profits of a select few -- -the gatekeepers directing us into the hell we’ve helped them manufacture.

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Marshall Shaffer

The Playlist

11h

A-

The audience sees how this looks, right? It looks like a triumphant debut fiction feature worth poring over with Hansen-like obsession.

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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
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 50m

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