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Screwball

  • 2018
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.9K
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Screwball (2018)
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Billy Corben's true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez.Billy Corben's true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez.Billy Corben's true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez.

  • Director
    • Billy Corben
  • Writers
    • Billy Corben
    • David Cypkin
  • Stars
    • Frankie Diaz
    • Bryan Blanco
    • Ian Mackles
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Billy Corben
    • Writers
      • Billy Corben
      • David Cypkin
    • Stars
      • Frankie Diaz
      • Bryan Blanco
      • Ian Mackles
    • 23User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Trailer 2:20
    Screwball

    Photos14

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    Frankie Diaz
    Frankie Diaz
    • Porter Fischer
    Bryan Blanco
    Bryan Blanco
    • Tony Bosch
    Ian Mackles
    • Tim Elfrink
    Samuel Kai Taylor
    • Jerome Hill
    Blake McCall
    Blake McCall
    • Alex Rodriguez
    Jonathan Blanco
    • Pete Carbone
    • (as Jonathan R. Blanco)
    Nicholas Ryan Hernandez
    Nicholas Ryan Hernandez
    • Anthony Carbone
    • (as Nicholas Hernandez)
    Jake Alexander Martin
    • Gary Jones
    • (as Jake Martin)
    Armando Bernal IV
    Armando Bernal IV
    • Jorge 'Ugi' Velazquez
    David Bolinger
    • Rob Manfred
    Jason Brockmann
    • Dan Mullin
    Brian Sanz
    • Yuri Sucart
    Christian Bitter
    • Boca Raton Cop
    Abbie Minna Abrams
    Abbie Minna Abrams
    • Boca Raton CSI
    • (as Abigail Abrams)
    Niko Koch
    • Tom Reilly
    Andrew Dean Koch
    • Ed Maldonado
    • (as Andrew Koch)
    Davion Figaro
    • Manny Ramirez
    Jake Stephens
    • Ricky Martinez
    • Director
      • Billy Corben
    • Writers
      • Billy Corben
      • David Cypkin
    • All cast & crew
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    7lateuing

    It's accidentally funny

    As a people who doesn't know the story, i kinda entertained by this. Idk if the information were already known to the public or not. And with the reputation how Miami is potrayed in tv series or memes it makes it even funnier. And how obsessed america about how they looked yet wanted the easy way (w tan & weight looss).

    I think it'd be a great movie if Scorsese directing this movie.
    7AudioFileZ

    Doping Gets A Dopey Doc

    Screwball lives up to it's title. It takes a quite satirical method of telling how the Major League Baseball doping scandal came about. Picking out the poster child of Dr. Tony Bosch as the major performance drug purveyor to the A-List on a tip from a one-time Average Joe user acolyte turned whistleblower over an unpaid $4000 loan. The whole thing was at various times akin to a circus as it unfoldedl In the end it ook down not only the "fake" doctor but a chunk of Major League talent as it tarnished the sport. Actually the comic relief is entertaining, but the dark side is hardly addressed which isn't too surprising as that unsavory part is likely considered damage control/self-preservation of a billion-dollar industry.
    7SpacemanBob

    Entertaining & pretty interesting doc

    One thing I didn't expect was for this film to be as humorous as it is. A few oddball characters, along with some insiders, try to put together the story of the MLB steroid era, largely focusing on the guy that was several big stars supplier. Going in I knew the gist of the story, but I didn't know what a fiasco it was. The story gets stranger the longer it goes.
    9lionelperalta-72339

    Very entertaining considering the disgusting behavior of some of the subjects.

    Very well done, I loved the kids acting as the idiot adults, ironically funny.

    It's a shame that we idolize cheaters in this country, nothing is real anymore it's all fake.

    I was shocked by the stupidity and gullibility of some involved in this mess.
    7johncg25

    surprisingly light doc on doping

    I really enjoyed hard-hitting docs on Lance Armstrong, and the olympic doping scandals, but...this is not that film. This is a silly take on the subject where the narrated action is re-done..with kids dressed up in adult clothing re-enacting the action. It is humorous and makes the doc easy to watch and helped keep my interest. but I feel the filmmaker was probably too close to Bosch, in getting his cooperation, and therefore....never really examined the darker side of his behavior, and mostly gives him a pass. It also goes light on A-rod and pretty much..just highlights that baseball is just ...a game. Not life or death, nor criminal, but just..a game. I feel when someone cheats to get 400 million dollars in contracts..its a serious offense, so...I would have liked a bit more of a harder hitting take on the subject. But it was definitely decent, and an odd-type of documentary with humor that makes it easy to watch, and effective in its own way.

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    • Trivia
      The film premiered at TIFF (Toronto international Film Festival) in September 2018.
    • Soundtracks
      Llevame al Juego de Beisbol
      aka "Take Me Out to the Baseball Game"

      Music by Albert von Tilzer, lyrics by Jack Norworth

      Performed by 10k Islands

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    • Release date
      • March 29, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Prod Co Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 美國職棒禁藥疑雲
    • Filming locations
      • Miami, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Rakontur
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,967
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,595
      • Mar 31, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,967
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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