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  • 2019
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2019
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Recounting the high-profile doping scandal that rocked Major League Baseball, director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) takes us into the surreal Miami underworld that provided performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and other star players. They say South Florida is a sunny place for shady people and this is certain...

Directed By: Billy Corben

Written By: David Cypkin, Billy Corben

  • 2019
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2019
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 45 m

Screwball

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
8.0
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Summary Recounting the high-profile doping scandal that rocked Major League Baseball, director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys) takes us into the surreal Miami underworld that provided performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and other star players. They say South Florida is a sunny place for shady people and this is certain...

Directed By: Billy Corben

Written By: David Cypkin, Billy Corben

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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10% Mixed
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88
Mar 25, 2019
More entertaining than a dozen Major League Baseball games stacked on top of one another.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 25, 2019
It works surprisingly and consistently well as a storytelling flourish for a documentary that does not traffic in subtleties or moral indignation while repeatedly and boisterously posing the question: “Can you believe these people actually did this?”
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 25, 2019
A very entertaining film, stuffed with colorful idiots and serves-you-right twists. Silly in ways that reflect poorly of the filmmaker's taste but will endear it to many viewers, it's a true-crime tale that has much to do with Major League Baseball but requires no interest in the sport to enjoy.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 4, 2019
Screwball is an entertaining way to bring a very serious scandal to light.
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70
Mar 29, 2019
Inevitably, the oddball Elmore Leonard-meets-the Little Rascals conceit loses some of its wacky effectiveness, but while Corben might not hit this one out of the park, Screwball energetically rounds the bases.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 3, 2019
He’s a terrific documentary storyteller, as his drug trade documentaries made clear. He just got too cute for his own good and got in his own way a bit, here.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 29, 2019
The talented director Billy Corben swings for the fences and takes a decidedly creative approach, but unfortunately, he devotes far too many at-bats to one particular stylistic choice. Either you’ll find it original and funny and suitably outlandish, or, like me, you’ll grow weary of the technique.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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11% Mixed
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Production Company Rakontur
Release Date Mar 29, 2019
Duration 1 h 45 m
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Website http://www.rakontur.com/screwball
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Awards

Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Miami Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination

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