A rogue Miami anti-aging clinic, a desperate MLB superstar, and a cast of hustlers, addicts, and con men collide in the wildly entertaining true story behind the steroid scandal that nearly brought down America's national pastime.
“A mash-up of the Coen Brothers, Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard by way of 'Drunk History'”
“Directed with the same brand of playful comedic electricity that marked Cocaine Cowboys”
“A saga populated by the tanned and tarnished, the crooked and cock-eyed…a prideful slab of snark, about Florida, its usual suspects, and the glittering allure of fraud…a Coens-meet-Hiaasen-style romp”
“Equal parts documentary and dramedy, it's fun, strange, colorful, and generally too absurd to be believed…a hilarious and delightful send-up”
“A must for fans of true-crime documentaries — as well as movies about cocky crooks getting comeuppances”
“Fascinating as an examination of how carefully one needs to choose their allies, especially when they're committing crimes”
“A real-life Elmore Leonard tale of interwoven underworld rivalries, where everyone is as corrupt as they are inept…No one tells a woolly tale of Floridian criminality, corruption, and ineptitude like Billy Corben, and Screwball is another classic. An insane masterpiece of Floridiana”
“I'm not sure the filmmakers set out to make a baseball movie that explains America—but they did…. The Florida-born Corben and producer Alfred Spellman were behind 'Cocaine Cowboys,' the 2006 documentary about the Miami drug trade in the 70s and 80s, and as in that film, 'Screwball' has an undercurrent of love for the Sunshine State's rich tradition of start-over hustlers and 'gray market' economies.”
“It's the ultimate 'Florida Man' story”
“Hilarious and eye-opening… A truly original home run in documentary storytelling”