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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceRob StaegerVillage VoiceRob StaegerThe film is most successful when humanizing the people behind the objectification, with lives beyond the smut.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLucky Bastard is a bold little thriller — and deft cautionary tale.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe performances, especially from the bed partners, are complex; even if you weren’t wanting for an exposé of adult-entertainment violence, here it is.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeLess exploitative and a bit smarter than its seedy adult-film setting would suggest, the shoestring-budgeted film is nevertheless a niche outing that will rely on a stunty premise to attract voyeurs to its debut this Valentine's Day.
- 38Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntIn the end, considering the numerous ways the film goes limp, it seems credibility still eludes the found-footage genre.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRobert Nathan’s Lucky Bastard is a sorry-looking found-footage thriller as unconvincing as its characters’ thrashing orgasms.
- 12New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartNo amount of actorly dedication can change the pointlessness of watching unpleasant things happening to uniformly unpleasant people.
- 10The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasLucky Bastard mostly combines the worst of all worlds: the less-clever-than-it-thinks script of old-school porn, the piercing brightness and flatness of video production, an especially lackluster rendering of the played-out found-footage horror concept.