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Primetime

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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

Del

Matt Maher

Xavier Von Erck

Cary Darling

Houston Chronicle

4 hrs ago

4/5

Riveting and starkly disturbing...The cast is uniformly excellent with a magnetic Pattinson portraying Hansen as coldly cunning and oddly charming.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

1 day ago

A takedown whose critique is as over-the-top and self-righteous as it is painfully simplistic.

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Johnny Oleksinski

New York Post

4 days ago

3/4

Gung-ho Pattinson explodes as the host’s life falls apart and he descends into madness. However, it’s more of a good time than a profound one.

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Kyle Pinion

Screen Rex

44 min ago

A tense, grimy thriller anchored by Robert Pattinson in arguably one of his greatest performances. This one will haunt you.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

51 min ago

B+

There’s also a gifted cast embracing the oddity of it all, but nothing beats Pattinson, who delivers one of the best performances of the year, inhabiting Chris Hansen to an amazing degree.

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Jeremy Jahns

JeremyJahns.com

1 hr ago

Boiled down, it's a movie about the cautionary tale of ambition.

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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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