Director: Lance Oppenheim

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo

Synopsis:

Primetime follows TV host Chris Hansen at the height of his fame, navigating the morally murky world behind To Catch a Predator as ratings pressure and personal scandals threaten to unravel him. The film offers a tense portrait of performative justice, exploring the machinery of media, ethical boundaries, and the toll of ambition. Strong reviews praise Robert Pattinson’s committed performance and its unsettling satire, making it worth watching for those who enjoy dark, morally complex thrillers.

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Robert Pattinson is a freaky freak from frame one of Lance Oppenheim’s reality-TV thriller “Primetime,” in which the English actor stars as beleaguered American TV host Chris Hansen of “To Catch a Predator” fame. That means there’s nowhere to go and almost no arc from beginning to end, but that doesn’t make the results of this scuzzy satire any less bleakly invigorating.

Pattinson has made oddballs, nutcases, and psychosexually damaged neurotics his calling card in his recent years. Even in a comic book movie like “The Batman,” something is always off, and his nonclassical handsomeness lends a jagged silhouette to characters you often want to like on their head, but should never trust.

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