Predators (2025 film)

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Predators
Directed by David Osit
Produced by
  • Kellen Quinn
  • Jamie Gonçalves
  • David Osit
CinematographyDavid Osit
Edited by
  • David Osit
  • Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani
Music by Tim Hecker
Production
companies
  • Sweet Relief Productions
  • Rosewater Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
MTV Documentary Films
Release dates
  • January 25, 2025 (2025-01-25)(Sundance)
  • September 19, 2025 (2025-09-19)(United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Predators is a 2025 documentary film produced and directed by David Osit. It follows the rise and fall of the television program To Catch a Predator , which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007. [1]

Contents

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on September 19, 2025, by MTV Documentary Films.

Premise

Follows the rise and fall of the television program To Catch a Predator , which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007.

Production

David Osit wanted to make a documentary revolving around To Catch a Predator after finding a fan community on Reddit, which included raw and unaired footage. [2] Osit additionally wanted to explore copycat versions of the show made by other people. [3]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025, [4] where it was cited as one of the best films of the festival by numerous publications including IndieWire , Vanity Fair , Variety and Rolling Stone . [5]

In March 2025, MTV Documentary Films acquired distribution rights to the film. [6] It is scheduled to be released on September 19, 2025. [7]

Reception

Predators received positive reviews from film critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 97% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 83 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". In his Critic's Pick review for IndieWire, David Ehrlich referred to the film as "raw and riveting", [8] and Variety critic Guy Lodge wrote, "Osit’s brilliant, subtly needling film leaves us unnerved and alert, but not certain of our convictions -- an outcome, perhaps, that more true-crime programming should pursue." [9] .

References

  1. ↑ “Predators” Examines the Tangled Legacy of “To Catch a Predator”|Sundance Film Festival
  2. ↑ Schindel, Dan (January 24, 2025). ""Emotional Ping-Pong": David Osit's 'Predators' Moves Beyond True Crime Binaries". Variety . Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Lang, Brent (January 26, 2025). "'To Catch a Predator' Became a Ratings Sensation By Exposing Internet Sex Predators. A New Sundance Documentary Examines Its Complicated Legacy". Variety . Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 11, 2024). "Sundance 2025: JLo, Sly Stone, Putin, Ayo Edebiri, André Holland, & Ex-NZ PM Jacinda Ardern Films Among Park City Festival Offerings". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ Fear, David (2025-02-02). "10 Best Movies at Sundance 2025". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  6. ↑ Ntim, Zac (March 24, 2025). "MTV Documentary Films Acquires Sundance Doc 'Predators'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Predators: Production Notes" (PDF). The Film Collaborative . Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Ehrlich, David (2025-01-26). "'Predators' Review: A Damning Look at the Legacy of 'To Catch a Predator' Argues that We're All Complicit in America's Perverted Sense of Justice". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  9. ↑ Lodge, Guy (2025-01-26). "'Predators' Review: David Osit's Quietly Trenchant Documentary Asks What Truth Came Out of a True-Crime Phenomenon". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
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