You see how this looks, right?
Just under two months after it hit theaters, “Primetime” is now available to buy and rent on-demand from platforms including Prime Video.
The based-on-a-true-story thriller stars Robert Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen. It dramatizes the events around the show, which turned criminal justice into a spectacle, as Hansen aims to make television history before the most high-stakes sting the show has attempted goes horribly wrong.
Watch ‘Primetime’
- Digital release date: Tuesday, Nov. 3
- Where to watch: Prime Video (buy/rent)
Merrit Wever and Skylar Gisondo co-star as Hansen’s producer Andie and “Decoy” Dan Plum, respectively. Singer Phoebe Bridgers makes her film debut as another one of the show’s go-to decoys.
Lance Oppenheim (1/2 of the duo behind “You Can See Everything”) directs the highly stylized film from a script by Ajon Singh, based on Luke Dittrich’s 2007 Esquire article “Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die.”
In his 3-star (of 4) review of the movie, The Post’s Johnny Oleksinski writes, “‘Primetime’ comes down hard on Hansen, no doubt about it. 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.”
When does ‘Primetime’ come out on streaming?
“Primetime” is streaming on-demand on platforms like Prime Video now! “Primetime”s digital release date is today, Nov. 3.
Where to watch ‘Primetime’
If you choose the rental option, you’ll have 30 days to begin watching the movie and 48 hours of access once you’ve pressed play.
‘Primetime’ cast guide
- Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, a television journalist for NBC and host of “To Catch a Predator”
- Merritt Wever as Andie Bender, Hansen’s producer at “Dateline”
- Skyler Gisondo as Daniel “Dan” Plum, a young aspiring actor hired for the show’s sting operations and Hansen’s eventual protégé
- Matthew Maher as Xavier Von Erck, an online vigilante and the founder of Perverted-Justice
- Phoebe Bridgers as Del Harvey,[15] a young decoy who plays both boys and girls on the show
- Anna Faris as Mary Joan Hansen, Hansen’s wife
- Bokeem Woodbine as Cortland Gunn, the Rockwall County chief of police
- Alex Winter as Bill Conradt, assistant district attorney of Rockwall County, Texas and the show’s latest target
‘Primetime’ trailer
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