Primetime

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Primetime

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In Theaters Sep 25

1h 50m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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

Johnny Oleksinski

New York Post

2 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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John Bleasdale

Sight & Sound

4 days ago

Ultimately, the film itself resembles Pattinson’s performance of Hansen’s performance of a human being. It’s an effective imitation, but ultimately, it skids on its own slickness.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Sep 9, 2026

2/5

A strangely overwrought and heavy-footed drama-thriller, which for all its elaborate neon-lit atmosphere of noir danger isn’t at all sure what it wants to say about media or morality, or anything else.

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Ana Yorke

PopMatters

2 days ago

There is a crack in everything, but in Primetime, that’s not where the light gets in. Rather, it’s where the pus oozes from.

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Jonathan Sim

ComingSoon.net

3 days ago

7/10

Primetime works because of its performances and its remarkably bold visual identity.

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Lexi Amoriello

Movie Recs by Lex

3 days ago

Primetime leaves the audience with more questions than answers as it examines the ethics of turning real-life crime into entertainment, pushing us to reflect on how we engage with this type of media and our own role as willing consumers of it.

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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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