Movie Review: In ‘Primetime,’ a sinister shift in media, with a dazzling Robert Pattinson
Lance Oppenheim’s film 'Primetime' stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, host of the Dateline NBC series 'To Catch a Predator.' The movie examines a period when media became an arbiter of communal justice. The review focuses on Pattinson's performance and the film's portrayal of a sinister shift in television media.
Buzzing with the sound of dial-up internet and the hum of grainy VHS tape, Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” about Chris Hansen and his Dateline NBC series “To Catch a Predator,” identifies a seedy moment when media became the new arbiter of communal justice.
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