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

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Critics Consensus

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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A fascinating look behind the curtain of a televised cultural phenomenon, Primetime approaches its provocative subject with sharp craftsmanship and striking visuals, even if its perspective may not resonate with every viewer.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Oct 6, 2026

If the movie had more to offer than frivolous musings about the fame machine and its sickly products, it might successfully catch us in its trap. But unlike the show it’s scrutinizing, “Primetime” lets its prey walk free.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Oct 5, 2026

3/4

[Pattinson] is a metaphorical Icarus, and he’s flying so close to the sun that the only mystery is when he’s going to get burned, not if.

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Rob Silverman Ascher

Chicago Reader

Sep 30, 2026

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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Ruben Peralta Rigaud

Cocalecas

6 hrs ago

Primetime works best when it stops asking who the good guys and bad guys are and observes how an industry built around finding evil ends up needing more and more of it. [Full review in Spanish]

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Amelia Harvey

Frame Rated

8 hrs ago

3/5

Primetime does exactly what To Catch a Predator did: it treats a deeply serious issue as light entertainment. This movie is great fun and full of meme-worthy moments, but it shouldn’t be.

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Jesse Hassenger

Decider

3 days ago

B+

Without overreaching, Oppenheim manages to evoke the entirety of the 2000s depicted through just one show over the course of just a few months.

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Rabie

30 min ago

I thought Patterson perfected Chris’s persona and mannerism perfectly in this movie but that was it’s strongest quality. The sub plots of the movie felt pointless and the affair issue seemed just to be a plot forcer. Great acting questionable direction.

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Lisa

2 hrs ago

Boring and contrived. Too artsy for someone like me who knows the story.

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Nicky G.

4 hrs ago

Great pacing and cinematography. Pattinson was good but Merritt Weaver was brilliant.

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Schneider

14 hrs ago

Movie is ok but not for me

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Oscar

1 day ago

Biggest piece of untruthful dogshit.

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Priscilla

1 day ago

I could not follow the plot, it was too complicated and confusing.

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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 49m

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