Primetime

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Primetime

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1h 50m

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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

Andie Bender

Skyler Gisondo

Dan Plumb

Phoebe Bridgers

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Matt Maher

Xavier Von Erck

Chase Hutchinson

Seattle Times

10 hrs ago

2.5/4

On a technical and performance level, you’d be hard-pressed to find a film this year as adept at taking the internal psychopathy of its fraught subject and externalizing it as "Primetime" does.

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Caroline Siede

Decoding Everything

11 hrs ago

An effectively unnerving dark comedy... Like the show it's critiquing, however, it feels like the ultimate point of all of this is just more lurid entertainment for a ravenous audience. Only this one happens to be film bros rather than mainstream America.

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Matt Singer

ScreenCrush

12 hrs ago

5/10

A familiar cautionary tale about this show and the evils of reality television.

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Lady Jenevia

LadyJenevia (YouTube)

2 hrs ago

It’s a platform for Robert Pattinson to cut loose and let the intrusive voices win. Every peculiar line delivery and absurd outburst punctuates this darkly comedic portrait of how ego and greed run amok in show business.

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

3 hrs ago

7/10

Pattinson is giving an excellent performance here. He shines in a way that is mildly disturbing yet incredibly watchable.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

4 hrs ago

A gripping psychological thriller and a fascinating character study of a narcissist.

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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
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Material|Language|Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 50m

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