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10:18a, 5/27/26
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An A24 film directed by Lance Oppenheim about Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. Starring Robert Pattinson.

The trailer just came out:

Big fan of Robert Pattinson and was a big fan of TCAP back in the day, looks intriguing.
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10:22a, 5/27/26
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Back before memes were a thing, this made the rounds on a regular basis even in the corporate world.



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In reply to Urban Ag • 1:08p, 5/27/26
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They should have gotten Lane Kiffin to play Chris Hansen
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3:27p, 5/27/26
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They can't do this film without having the pervert Jeff Sokol eating the pizza and the Stacy guy with the squeaky voice. I loved me some TCAP back in the day.

I suspect this movie will end with the suicide of the Asst DA from Texas that ultimately pulled the plug on the show.
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4:44p, 5/27/26
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TCAP was greatness. There was a running thread on the rivalries board (RIP) back in the day.
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4:52p, 5/27/26
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This looks legit.
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7:28p, 5/27/26
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Btw, here's the YouTube embed...

Primetime
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34206385/
September 11, 2026
Theatrical Wide

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In reply to bonfarr • 9:31a, 5/28/26
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Pizza guy LOL

TCAP was classic
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In reply to Zachary Klement • 9:32a, 5/28/26
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Zachary Klement said:
Pizza guy LOL

TCAP was classic


The Rabbi that looked like he was going to have a stroke was also a classic.
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10:38a, 5/28/26
Great teaser. Phoebe Bridgers at :25.
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8:42a, 8/6/26
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3:36p, 8/6/26
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This looks so good. I am a fan of Pattinson's Chris Hansen impression and am eager to see the way they portray him and the show in the film. This is the most excited I've been for a movie in a while.
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9:52p, 8/6/26
Robert Pattinson is on a generational run. He is one of those A Listers where I don't see the actor, I see the character. Its rare.
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12:51a, 8/7/26
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Yeah, this looks incredible. I can't wait.
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In reply to bonfarr • 12:52a, 8/7/26
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bonfarr said:
They can't do this film without having the pervert Jeff Sokol eating the pizza and the Stacy guy with the squeaky voice. I loved me some TCAP back in the day.

I suspect this movie will end with the suicide of the Asst DA from Texas that ultimately pulled the plug on the show.


I had never seen this before and it's wild...

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12:53a, 8/7/26
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https://classic.esquire.com/article/2007/9/1/tonight-on-dateline-this-man-will-die
https://archive.ph/duI1V
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In reply to #1 • 12:53a, 8/7/26
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#1 said:
Robert Pattinson is on a generational run. He is one of those A Listers where I don't see the actor, I see the character. Its rare.



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In reply to TCTTS • 11:26a, 8/7/26
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TCTTS said:


https://classic.esquire.com/article/2007/9/1/tonight-on-dateline-this-man-will-die
https://archive.ph/duI1V

Interesting read.

The tactics employed on TCAP and by some of the police departments engaged in the sting operations were improper...clearly that was the case with the Texas DA.

It seems like much of the online discourse after the release of the trailer has been focused on the ethics of Dateline, Hansen, the police, etc. to a point of almost being sympathetic to the guys that got caught up in these stings. There has been a lot of talk of entrapment and in most of the cases, especially this one, I just don't see it. Nobody forced a grown man, let alone a grown man who is a former prosecutor, to engage with a 13-year-old boy online. A normal person disengages the moment they learn that, they don't proceed to engage with them sexually. There are certainly cases where mentally deficient people get caught up in this and I think cases like that should be looked at a bit differently, but goodness gracious...I don't care if some of the tactics were wrong or unethical...at the end of the day, if you are willing to engage sexually online with a 13-year-old, you are unfit for civil society.
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In reply to Zachary Klement • 11:56a, 8/7/26
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Just to be 100% clear, given the subject matter, I haven't read the article yet, nor am I implying we should have sympathy for pedos. I just saw the tweet and posted it as context for the thread.
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In reply to TCTTS • 11:59a, 8/7/26
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The article is a good read.

It is less sympathetic towards them and more critical of the practices of TCAP and that law enforcement group, which was fair...they clearly were out of line in a number of ways.

I was speaking more towards the overall discourse...people seem to be very sympathetic towards many of the guys that got caught up in this and I just don't get it, save for the cases where the guys are so clearly mentally deficient they don't really know better.
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In reply to Zachary Klement • 3:55p, 8/7/26
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Got it, good to know. Will check it out soon. But yeah, I'm right there with you.
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4:55p, 8/7/26
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Amazing in the Batman.
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8:11p, 9/9/26
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8:08p, 9/15/26
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Primetime
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34206385/
September 25, 2026 = Theatrical Wide

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5:05p, 9/21/26
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8:15p, 9/22/26
Chris Hansen is a national treasure. I don't care if he wanted fame and fortune for taking the lowest of the low off the streets. Do not care! If some doctor said "I'm only going to find the cure for cancer to be a trillionaire". I would applaud his or hers efforts and be like get your money. No interest in this movie or documentary. I just wanted to praise Chris Hansen and thank him for saving kids
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In reply to batchuser • 8:51p, 9/22/26
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Maybe wait to see the movie (or let others see it first) before definitively deciding its moral standing.

In Hensen's case, sure, he was almost assuredly driven by a genuine desire to protect children, to get the lowest of the low off the streets, etc.

But he was also likely driven by hubris, fame, etc as well, increasingly so.

And it's perfectly okay to examine that dichotomy, that self-righteousness. To show the possible dangers in taking one's hubris/mission too far, in the hopes that others, in the future, in similar situations, don't take their missions further than Hensen did. To that end, it looks to me to serve as a warning of sorts more than anything; a cautionary tale against thinking of oneself as a messiah.

That doesn't mean the movie will come down on the side of saying Hensen shouldn't have taken on the mission that he did. No one seems to be saying that Hensen needed to be more pure of heart for his accomplishments didn't count or whatever. It's just... a character study. A look into what may or may not have driven someone like Chris Hensen. That doesn't necessarily mean it's scorning the entirety of his efforts.
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10:58a, 9/25/26
seeing this today, will post my typical one sentence review afterwards.
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In reply to TCTTS • 12:30p, 9/25/26
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Maybe wait to see the movie (or let others see it first) before definitively deciding its moral standing.

In Hensen's case, sure, he was almost assuredly driven by a genuine desire to protect children, to get the lowest of the low off the streets, etc.

But he was also likely driven by hubris, fame, etc as well, increasingly so.

And it's perfectly okay to examine that dichotomy, that self-righteousness. To show the possible dangers in taking one's hubris/mission too far, in the hopes that others, in the future, in similar situations, don't take their missions further than Hensen did. To that end, it looks to me to serve as a warning of sorts more than anything; a cautionary tale against thinking of oneself as a messiah.

That doesn't mean the movie will come down on the side of saying Hensen shouldn't have taken on the mission that he did. No one seems to be saying that Hensen needed to be more pure of heart for his accomplishments didn't count or whatever. It's just... a character study. A look into what may or may not have driven someone like Chris Hensen. That doesn't necessarily mean it's scorning the entirety of his efforts.

I've seen it and this is basically where it lands. You have bad people (albeit often encouraged by the decoys to act on their urges) and a big entertainment business built around it, which often makes the admirable core of catching predators fade.
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1:31a, 9/26/26
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That was… good? Decent?

All I know for sure is that it's weird as hell, over the top, and ventures into caricature/cartoonish territory more than I would have liked.

But it's also incredibly unique, compelling, and never boring, while it looks amazing, and the eccentricities are actually pretty damn funny at times. Especially everything having to do with Skyler Gisondo's character, who stands out nearly as much as Pattinson.

It's just… if you're going to paint Hansen in this light (which is totally fair game, IMO), you also have to explicitly show WHY, with tangible, concrete examples, his approach was problematic at times, re: the numerous criminal cases involving the suspects that were thrown out/dismissed due to the show's shenanigans, the fact that only 40% of the arrests made during the show resulted in actual convictions, etc. Yes, the movie clearly shows the cost of hubris, is in no way empathetic toward pedos, and the final act serves as a warning of sorts, but also… not quite?

All of that said, the performances are fantastic, there are a bunch of fun cameos, and I'm 95% there was even an "A&M" quote/reference in the final act, which takes place in Texas. Overall, it's absolutely worth seeing. If you're into the weirdness/nuance, I'd say do so in theaters. Otherwise, wait for digital/streaming.
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1:40a, 9/26/26
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Quote:
Lance Oppenheim explains how his $40 cameo from Chris Hansen led him to direct "Primetime."

"In the Cameo, he told me to have a seat and congratulated me on the release of 'Spermworld.' This was 2024, before I ever received a script. You could pay this guy $40, and he would pretend you were a potential predator, then go on to advertise his new investigations. There was something so macabre about it. It's almost like the man saw the meme and decided to adopt the persona."

"About two weeks later, I met Rob Pattinson and showed him the Cameo on a whim. Two weeks after that, I was at Rob's birthday party and his producing partner Brighton McCloskey said, 'You're never going to believe this, but there's this amazing script you should read.' The cover page said 'To Catch a Predator.' I grabbed her phone, ran out to my car at 1:30 in the morning and read it all in one sitting. Everything I'd been thinking about, the idea that if there is a real Chris Hansen he no longer exists because he's absorbed all this cultural lore, was in the script."



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Lance Oppenheim says Chris Hansen's reaction to "Primetime" is "exactly what the film is about."

"When he first heard about it, he was quite excited. He was at CrimeCon saying, 'I'm sorry, I'm not Robert Pattinson, but I'm Chris Hansen.' Several weeks later, we wanted to show it to him and there was a fairly standard NDA he didn't want to sign."

"Since then, he has done what Chris Hansen, the showman, does and has said a lot more about it. His reaction to the film right now is exactly what the film is about. I was a fan of Chris Hansen, and I still am. That's why I wanted to make this film. Yes, he's a journalist. Yes, he's an entertainer. But he's also an artist. He made this hall of mirrors, with adult actors pretending to be children and sets that looked like something out of 'Blue Velvet.' Without that show, I don't think I would be making films the way I do."

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1:55a, 9/26/26
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He's actually pretty chill about it. I'm impressed.

But it's also kind of funny to see him responding with this whole, edited production, making sure he's seen seeing the movie in freaking Times Square of all places, literally being the showman/center of attention the movie accuses him of being.

Either way, it's fascinating hearing his side of things...


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9:58p, 9/26/26
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Did not enjoy this one at all. Zero likeable characters, choppy storytelling, just pointless imo
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