

Primetime
Are you ready to make television history?
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.
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6.9/10
215 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14.5M
- Box office
- $50.7M
- Language
- English
- pedophilia
- infidelity
- florida
- new york city
- husband wife relationship
- texas
- based on true story
- psychological thriller
- confrontation
- sting operation
- taunting
- network
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- TheatricalA25 Sept 2026
United StatesUS
- PremiereFantastic Fest20 Sept 2026
- PremiereBeyond Fest23 Sept 2026
- TheatricalR25 Sept 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2026
- Theatrical1528 Oct 2026
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+29 Oct 2026
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A25 Sept 2026
- Digital / OTT14A3 Nov 2026
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical7 Oct 2026
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival19 Oct 2026
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical3 Dec 2026
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical25 Sept 2026
FranceFR
- Theatrical1223 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1224 Sept 2026
GreeceGR
- PremiereAthens International Film Festival2 Oct 2026
- Theatrical8 Oct 2026
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Primetime was released on 23 September 2026.
Audience reviews
3- T4/10
TheFilmCritics.org
9/26/2026
A true-crime story this inherently bizarre should not require much embellishment, yet *Primetime* spends so much energy dressing itself up that the actual story gets buried underneath the filmmaking. What could have been a sharp, uncomfortable examination of television, celebrity, and the ethics of true crime instead becomes a frustratingly uneven film that mistakes stylistic excess for substance. Robert Pattinson…
- B8/10
Brent Marchant
10/1/2026
It’s been said that we often become what we concentrate upon. That’s ironic, because frequently this results in the creation of that which we’re purposely trying to avoid. And, in this third feature outing from director Lance Oppenheim, that’s precisely what happens to its high-profile protagonist, investigative journalist Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson). In this fact-based satire, the film follows the ascendancy of …
- G1/10
GenerationofSwine
10/4/2026
What I learned from Primetime is that catching child predators is "right wing" and "egotistical" and "bad." Which about sums up why all the heavily leftwing political injections makes movies suck. Sort of lost the plot when you spend an entire movie making the point that the dude who was CATCHING CHILD PREDATORS was WORSE than the actual child predators. Seriously, Hollywood, you lost the plot and we don't think you…
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