"[A] brash, bruising comedy."
— Dave White, TheWrap
"It’s a perfect mirror of our times."
— Pat Padua, Washington Post
"One of the more audacious films of 2021."
— Ian Freer, Empire Magazine
"Fantastic, sharp, funny, and pointedly salient to a number of different issues."
— Tim Cogshell, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
"One of European cinema's most unclassifiable auteurs has delivered the bitter pill we deserve."
— Eric Kohn, indieWire
"Director Radu Jude’s work is an almost profound act of high-wire lampoonery that deserves to be seen and debated far and wide."
— Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Amid so many earnest, forgettable COVID-era and COVID-acknowledging movies around the world, here’s one that truly goes for it."
— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"A damning mini-essay about Romania's cultural and political history, it playfully unpacks the conservative attitudes expressed by Emi's critics."
— Simran Hans, Observer (UK)
"A fascinating snapshot of the here and now, an unusually direct example of a nimble, adventurous filmmaker embracing the difficulties of the moment. But it is also something more."
— Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
"Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is hyperbolic, surreal, and, yes, obscene. Its over-the-top ending meets the moment at its own fever pitch—it’s a true masks-off moment, in more than one sense."
— Mark Asch, The Playlist
"A cutting critique of the moral panic surrounding sex that asks why more pressing political issues don't receive the same attention, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn shares a strong point of view capable of captivating viewers."
— Becca James, Chicago Reader
"Shooting in the summer of 2020, Jude and his team were clearly constrained by the realities of Covid-19, but they also succeeded in turning a bad situation to creative advantage, facing the awfulness and absurdity of the present with wit, indignation and a saving touch of tenderness."
— A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"For those who wish to unravel the power dynamics inherent to sex, society and sensual pleasure while experimenting with what we as individuals are comfortable engaging with, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a masterpiece that stimulates emotionally and philosophically."
— Natalia Keogan, Paste Magazine