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Prime Time

2021

Jakub Piatek

Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Poplawska, Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Cezary Kosinski ...

4.1

207

Thriller. Drama New Year’s Eve 1999. Twenty-year-old Sebastian, armed with a gun, hijacks a TV studio and takes two hostages—a famous TV presenter and a security guard. His plan? No one seems to know, including Sebastian himself. His demand to deliver his message, whatever that may be, via live broadcast is repeatedly thwarted by an uncertain police force and an egotistical network chairman. As the night wears on, Sebastian and the hostages bond in ... [+]

	Author	Review
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"It's easy to see why Piątek's modest film (...) could be viewed as a frustrating experience. And yet, everyone's indifference somehow rings true"	NEU
United Kingdom	Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"A well-crafted and fast-paced thriller, with a sensitive central performance from 'Corpus Christi's Bartosz Bielenia"	POS
United States	Matt Cipolla The Film Stage	"A broadly drawn hostage drama lacking tension (...) It’s just too bad nothing really adds up. It’s not even that well-paced give how short it is."	NEG
United States	Pramit Chatterjee Mashable	"'Prime Time' is supremely well-edited, shot, and directed, making you both sit up in your seat and squirm in it."	POS
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"A premise, barring some isolated stressful highlights, that’s too similar to others before it, and too pointless to deliver its necessary bite."	NEG
United States	Carlos Aguilar rogerebert.com	"The thematic intent has legs, but not enough, in part because the two other characters sharing the space with [the protagonist] aren't fleshed out to add discernible dramatic layers."	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"The only thing one can say with certainty is that a young man angry about something or other has inconvenienced several people on a holiday evening. That’s not exactly fodder for a gripping, let alone memorable, 90 minutes"	NEG
United States	Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"'Prime Time' isn’t quite able to connect its ideas about the damaging effect of mass media and systemic rot, and the film ends up feeling like being trapped in a two-hour hostage situation."	NEU

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