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,

The thriller about the former 'To Catch a Predator' host premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival and will open in theaters Sept. 25.

Robert Pattinson starrer Primetime premiered at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival recently. Critics and others who saw the film have shared their first reactions on the social media platform X [formerly Twitter] ahead of its theatrical release.

Pattinson gives a performance of such repellent charisma that, come January, it may be the Academy’s acting branch who invites him to “take a seat.”

A primal scream set to queasy colors and power chords, "Primetime" will no doubt prove divisive. Railing and wailing against Bush-era hypocrisies with a virtuosic, operatic aggression, it's the kind of film that either gets you on your feet,

Robert Pattinson, Merrit Wever, Skyler Gisondo etc dazzle darkly in "Primetime," Lance Oppenheim's portrait of "To Catch a Predator"'s Chris Hansen

Primetime is arriving next month.