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  "id": 5797261,
  "title": "‘Primetime’: What The Critics Are Saying About A24’s Chris Hansen Movie Starring Robert Pattinson",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/primetime-what-the-critics-are-saying-about-a24s-chris-hansen-movie",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T15:54:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/primetime-reviews-reaction-robert-pattinson-a24-film-1237068888/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Robert Pattinson Wants Chris Hansen to Like ‘Primetime’ Despite His Criticisms: ‘I Hope the Inspiration His Character Has Given Is Some Kind of Compliment’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/robert-pattinson-wants-chris-hansen-to-like-primetime-despite-his",
        "published": "2026-09-05T11:28:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Robert Pattinson on Chris Hansen’s Objections to ‘Primetime’: “I Hope He Likes the Movie”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/robert-pattinson-on-chris-hansens-objections-to-primetime-i-hope-he",
        "published": "2026-09-05T12:05:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Robert Pattinson Addresses Chris Hansen’s Criticism Of ‘Primetime’: “I Hope It’s Some Kind Of Compliment”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/robert-pattinson-addresses-chris-hansens-criticism-of-primetime-i",
        "published": "2026-09-05T12:15:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Robert Pattinson Hopes Chris Hansen Likes ‘Primetime’: ‘Something Magnetic About His Presence’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/robert-pattinson-hopes-chris-hansen-likes-primetime-something",
        "published": "2026-09-05T13:48:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "‘Primetime’ Review: Robert Pattinson Is Even Creepier Than IRL Chris Hansen in a Bleakly Invigorating ‘To Catch a Predator’ Thriller",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/primetime-review-robert-pattinson-is-even-creepier-than-irl-chris",
        "published": "2026-09-05T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Robert Pattinson hopes Chris Hansen will take his Primetime performance as a compliment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/robert-pattinson-hopes-chris-hansen-will-take-his-primetime",
        "published": "2026-09-05T16:53:44.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}