PVT Chat

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PVT Chat

Released Feb 5, 2021

1h 26m

Mystery & Thriller

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A lonely internet gambler in New York City becomes obsessed with a seductive webcam model from San Francisco. He soon embarks on a quest to see if their emotional connection is real -- or if he's just being taken for a ride.

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Critics Consensus

Its intelligent and nuanced approach to potentially salacious material is refreshing, but PVT Chat struggles to use it in service of a meaningful story.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

It's a film with a slackerish mumblecore vibe, and Hozie is refreshingly grown up about sex. But it's hard to see how his film adds much to the conversation about intimacy in the internet age.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 11, 2021

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

"PVT Chat" is at its best when it delves into the intensity of digital relationships and the ways our minds can trick us into believing the deepness of a connection formed over a computer screen.

Rated: B-

Feb 11, 2021

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

The movie ends up feeling like an older vintage of New York story, the kind of pre-gentrification indie you expect a youthful Jim Jarmusch to wander through.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 10, 2021

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Rebecca Johnson

Film Focus Online

For the most part, PVT Chat works pretty well as a sexually charged, thrilling, deep dive into loneliness, addiction and how online persona's differ from our true selves, yet the ending and overall message leaves a lot to be desired.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 6, 2023

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Hozie nails the greener-grass metaphor in ‘PVT Chat’ with a clarity...

Jul 28, 2023

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Elissa Suh

Moviepudding

A degenerate charm wafts through this When Harry Met Sally for the OnlyFans generation.

Jan 27, 2023

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Jon H

Do I really need to watch Peter Vack repeatedly choke the chicken in vivid X detail? Unappealing characters doing unappealing things. I like the dirty side of the curb as much as the next degenerate, but these guys made me want to cross the street to avoid running into them.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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Audience Member

Amazing acting and filming, if you want stories with neat resolutions, high end production etc then you're missing the charm of this beautiful story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Sadly the third act introduces the most interesting part of the story too late, and that was in the trailer, for what should have been the turning point and start of a clever interesting movie. Instead with get a wandering. Julia Fox is great and mesmerizing but sadly the cinematography and directing make it look like a bad student movie shot with 2 bucks and a few friends. The approach was interesting but wasted.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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This movie is horrible. It is a pseudo-intellectual, pompous soft core porn. The only reason to watch this movie is Julia Fox. Her talents and beauty transcend this vehicle. If she was not in the film it would be unwatchable; however, the scenes she is in you can not help but be captivated by her presence and delivery. I think the film was ambitious, but it fails because it does not understand its own identity. It is porn disguised as art. It is not art.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Honestly, its garbage.. Unless your some kind of art critic that feels the needs to mix words to fluff this up into something special its a waste of your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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It's understandable that the movie has mixed reviews. The subject matter is offputting, the main character is pretty morally reprehensible & certain scenes are just uncomfortable to watch. That said, there's a lot of good visual storytelling, the performances are all super believable & I found it impressive how good the production quality is considering the small budget. I think its definitely worth a watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Synopsis

A lonely internet gambler in New York City becomes obsessed with a seductive webcam model from San Francisco. He soon embarks on a quest to see if their emotional connection is real -- or if he's just being taken for a ride.

Director: Ben Hozie
Producer: Oliver David
Screenwriter: Ben Hozie
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 9, 2021
Runtime: 1h 26m

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