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Ahead of the highly anticipated A24 drama and Focker-In-Law, the internet’s favorite son tells Vanity Fair about going from a child actor to adult star. Below, check out VF’s favorite Letterboxd reviews from Primetime.
VF'S PICKS FROM LETTERBOXD
- Watched Sep 20, 2026
BJ Colangelo
Robert Pattinson is as phenomenal as everyone says, but Skyler Gisondo is devastating.
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Sydney🚀
Watched Sep 22, 2026Feels like being inside the static between the tv screen and reality. Lance Oppenheim’s filmmaking so brilliantly makes tangible the contrast between the absurd theatricality of To Catch a Predator and the darkness of what it was doing. Equally hilarious and horrifying. Chris Hansen is at once a complete caricature and a mythological figure who reads pedophilic messages back to their senders like scripture and believes he’s cleansing the world of an ancient evil. Reality TV becomes a post-9/11 tool for surveillance and vigilante justice. Pressure becomes insecurity becomes ego. You’re either exploited or you’re dead. What would have happened if he wasn’t there?
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alklku
Watched Sep 7, 2026Robert Pattinson’s 2026 schedule needs to be studied
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Paul
Watched Sep 21, 2026“What would’ve happened if I wasn’t here?”Wow. It’s interesting to see a movie so aware of the current fanfare of a moment in pop culture and not only address it but lean into it. The movie starts out giving Hansen’s fans exactly what they want before spiraling into something more sinister. The people in this film feel like evil cartoon characters brought to life, corrupted by the numbers they see instead of struck by the people they meet. Fame becomes more important than justice because they begin to believe that gaining more fame doing this is justice itself. I love the performances from Pattinson and the lovely Merritt Weaver. I think the film looks gorgeous. I think it’s one of the most formally interesting films of the year. It’s a great story to look at from the lens of every character involved. Is being in that business worth gaining fame but losing couth, family, friends, and your sense of humanity? I don’t know. I’m sure they found out when the checks stopped clearing. Anyway, did you know Chris Hansen has a streaming service now?
Read more 534Paul
Watched Sep 21, 2026“What would’ve happened if I wasn’t here?”Wow. It’s interesting to see a movie so aware of the current fanfare of a moment in pop culture and not only address it but lean into it. The movie starts out giving Hansen’s fans exactly what they want before spiraling into something more sinister. The people in this film feel like evil cartoon characters brought to life, corrupted by the numbers they see instead of struck by the people they meet. Fame becomes more important than justice because they begin to believe that gaining more fame doing this is justice itself. I love the performances from Pattinson and the lovely Merritt Weaver. I think the film looks gorgeous. I think it’s one of the most formally interesting films of the year. It’s a great story to look at from the lens of every character involved. Is being in that business worth gaining fame but losing couth, family, friends, and your sense of humanity? I don’t know. I’m sure they found out when the checks stopped clearing. Anyway, did you know Chris Hansen has a streaming service now?
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brian
Watched Jul 7, 2026A locked in Robert Pattinson paired with an incredible script that rightfully interrogates the intentions of the “predator catcher” and how manipulative Hansen and co really were. I had ridiculously high expectations going in and any sliver of doubt I could’ve possibly had went away the second that opening needledrop hit. Makes a really great companion piece to The Drama in the way it highlights the hypocrisy of Hansen and co. really well. Hats off to Skyler Gisondo for not only holding his own next to a decade-defining Robert Pattinson performance but also quietly being the key this movie needed to succeed. It’s rare for a movie this year to be so good it leaves me giddy and this did that while simultaneously leaving me sick to my stomach.
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James
Watched Sep 5, 2026Come for Robert Pattinson’s impression of Chris Hansen, stay for Skyler Gisondo’s impression of Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen
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luca mehta
Watched Sep 21, 2026roman holiday: or, "american schadenfreude." posits—yet never draws attention to—a critical dilemma where nobody's the good guy and everybody is both exploiter and exploited. maybe it's the deep-blue color grade (the film-out process is the best thing to ever happen to digital cinematography), but oppenheim's coldly clinical sterility works wonders in signifying a disconnect between his subjects and baseline humanity. electrifyingly thorny work from pattinson. more words to come soon.
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kshoo10
Watched Sep 5, 2026I went into this with high expectations and it still managed to blow me away. Primetime is a brilliant, gripping thriller that hooks you from the opening scene. Rob Pattinson proves yet again why he’s one of the best actors working today his performance is so layered, slick, and deeply unsettling. Phoebe Bridgers is a total natural on screen too, giving a hauntingly grounded performance.
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blessingjr
Watched Sep 22, 2026I'm convinced Robert Pattinson really might think he's Chris Hansen
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Kenan Hasic
Watched Sep 4, 2026Absolutely uniquely crafted, tightly put together with stellar performances throughout with Pattinson and Gisondo as standouts. Definitely the most ambitious and original film in its formal aspects in Venice this year. The screenplay delivers an intrusive look into the psyche of its protagonist and delivers a well rounded look into the mind of someone who takes performative heroism and seeks manipulative prophecy to the next level.
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Jenni Kaye
I know the focus is on Robert but Skyler Gisondo as an aspiring actor turned Decoy Dan is the one to write home about
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