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The saddest thing about Screwball isn't that it's eye-opening and infuriating; it's that its duplicity and villainy feel commonplace, if not inevitable.

Full Review | Apr 4, 2019

When the grown men often act like children, it feels like overkill to have children portraying the grown men.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 29, 2019

In a sense, it's the ultimate "Florida Man" story.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Mar 29, 2019

[Screwball] is fascinating as an examination of how carefully one needs to choose their allies, especially when they're committing crimes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | 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.

Full Review | Mar 28, 2019

Corben takes to the material like somebody electrified by its possibilities to stir outrage in baseball traditionalists, fascination in the criminality-obsessed, and laughter in those easily amused by South Florida's more colorful characters.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2019

[It] brings a lighter touch and almost satirical approach to what's been described as the biggest illegal steroid scheme in pro sports history.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2019

An impudently entertaining documentary that suggests what might result if the Monty Python troupe were given carte blanche to produce an investigative report for "60 Minutes."

Full Review | Sep 24, 2018

More entertaining than a dozen Major League Baseball games stacked on top of one another, Billy Corben's doc looking at the sport's doping scandal of 2013 is a 'roided-out riot.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 10, 2018

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.

Full Review | Sep 10, 2018

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