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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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Rob Silverman Ascher

Chicago Reader

23 hrs ago

When the Predator crew teams up with a heavily militarized police force in a small Texas town, the sense of Primetime as a greater commentary on America’s cultural preoccupation with dominance comes into sharp relief.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

1 day ago

These performances are all strong; Pattinson, though, is overpowering. He may well earn hardware for his work in Primetime, but not because he’s chasing it. His adventurousness hints at something else.

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Justin Chang

The New Yorker

2 days 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.

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Michael Nordine

Movie Brief

18 min ago

3/4

Predators come in all forms, some more elusive — and telegenic — than others.

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Marlon Wallace

The M Report (WBOC.com)

27 min ago

There's also an aspect of the people trying to catch predators being comparable to predators themselves. I don't think this film makes that case as much as the documentary did...

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

2 hrs ago

"Primetime" not only pulls [Chris Hansen's] God complex to the forefront, but makes us question our own role in the endeavor.

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Tracy P

1 hr ago

Boring and seem overacted/exaggerated

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TrueRJ

4 hrs ago

This movie was trash don't waste your hard earned money wait until it comes on starz or showtime terrible

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Drew B

6 hrs ago

Thrilling movie. Pattinson is amazing

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Josh M

6 hrs ago

I must’ve went in with high expectations. Robert Pattinson does a great job as Chris Hanson. However, I thought the movie was a little slow and involved scenes unnecessary. They could’ve replace those scenes with something more entertaining.

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Rat

10 hrs ago

This movie is worth watching for the characterization alone. Chris Hansen was portrayed accurately as a delusional man who is desperate to be relevant and to be famous. The visuals and how the movie was shot well backs up his delusions. I would not watch again but it was a visually stunning movie that made you feel very uncomfortable.

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madewyn

14 hrs ago

Boring, lackluster, disingenuous. Pattinson did what he could with the Role, but it’s hard to do a good acting job when the script was written with literal shit. Too many penises.

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

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