It stars Peter Vack as an online gambler who becomes obsessed with a cam girl played by Julia Fox.

His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes into reality after Jack spots Scarlet on a rainy street in Chinatown.

The cast include:[2] The film was shot the last week of January through mid-February 2018 in New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan).

The website's critics consensus reads: "Its intelligent and nuanced approach to potentially salacious material is refreshing, but PVT Chat struggles to use it in service of a meaningful story.

"[9] According to Metacritic, which sampled nine critics and calculated a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".