Purchased movies won't play

I'm not sure of this is the section...
I just purchased a movie through the iTunes store and it won't play smoothly at all.  I get 5 minutes (if I'm lucky) of smooth play and synced sound but then the picture freezes and lags then unfreezes all the while the audio is still playing without issue.
I've downloaded the most recent version of iTunes (I dl'd the correct bit version).
Any ideas how to make this work?
Thanks in advance.

Yet such information (or anything useful for that matter) was not present in your OP. Good luck.
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