Artistic and Smothering, Bizarre and Riveting, "Primetime" Is An Off-Kilter Ride Held Together By a Trio of Incredible Performances

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This was way more artistic, stylish, and strange than I thought it’d be, and I mean that mostly in a good way, although there are times when it’s almost too much. But overall it works. Oppenheim throws everything but the kitchen sink into the mix visually and tonally here and it’s an effectively jarring, smothering, sleazy, and bizarre experience. 

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Killer acting all around. The central trifecta of Weaver, Gisondo and R Patt are absolutely dynamite, Pattinson especially. He almost evoked the GOAT DDL for me at points with how manic, unhinged, and almost reptilian he portrays Hansen at points. If Oscars were tomorrow, I think he’d have my Best Actor vote. 

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A ton to chew on here thematically too. It’s like “Network” Jr, handling how ethics and humanity and rationality can go soaring out the window when superficial goals like fame and ratings and celebrity enter the mix, no matter how much they want to claim their actions are noble. They can punish bad people, but not without dubious motivations and methods themselves. 

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A dope fiction debut for documentary director Lance Oppenheim and gets me even MORE excited for him and Nathan Fielder’s “You Can See Everything” later this month.