‘To Catch A Predator’ Film ‘Primetime’ Gets Positive Reviews Out Of Venice

Primetime Reviews Are In, And Critics Are Saying The Same Thing About Robert Pattinson's Performance

I’ve been excited about every film Robert Pattinson has released on the 2026 movie schedule; however, Primetime is the one I’ve been most curious about. In the upcoming A24 movie, the actor plays To Catch a Predator’s Chris Hansen. Now critics have seen this thriller, and they are saying very similar things about the leading man’s performance. To Catch a Predator was an infamous and controversial series on NBC hosted by Hansen. It ran as part of…

‘To Catch A Predator’ Film ‘Primetime’ Gets Positive Reviews Out Of Venice

Robert Pattinson's film “Primetime,” which chronicles Chris Hansen’s true crime “To Catch a Predator” series from NBC’s “Dateline,” is being met with near-unanimous praise by critics at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival.

Robert Pattinson's Primetime Is a Blast From the Past With a Sickly Allure, and as Garish as Its Subject, Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator

A blast from the past with a sickly allure, the Robert Pattinson romp Primetime is as garish as its subject: Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator.

'Primetime' Reviews: Reaction To New Robert Pattinson A24 Movie

Reviews are rolling in for A24’s new movie Primetime, which is debuting at the Venice Film Festival today. Robert Pattinson stars in the Lance Oppenheim-directed movie about the controversial U.S. show To Catch a Predator, fronted by Chris Hansen, and how it ended badly. The true-crime program, part of Dateline NBC, chronicled Hansen’s efforts to out suspected […]

Primetime — Lance Oppenheim [Venice '26 Review]

Chris Hansen is a crusader of the postmodern world. A relentless careerist and ten-time Emmy winner, the Chicago-born media personality weaponized his television appearances in a fight for all good, against all evil. He sent shockwaves of fear through American television sets by reporting on the Boston hijackings leading up to 9/11, uncovering al-Qaeda operations, [...]

The first reactions to Primetime say Robert Pattinson delivers a powerhouse performance in this gritty Chris Hansen biopic

Early reactions to Lance Oppenheim's Primetime say Robert Pattinson is electric in this gritty look at Chris Hansen's impactful career.