tdrish
Are you looking for a great sex comedy? Filled with funny jokes, one right after the other, and with a lot of steamy, hot sex scenes, one right after the other? Well, good! Keep looking, because this isn't it! Screwballs was one of the many "disaster films" of the early 80's, and I would safely assume almost all of its humor aims at an eighth grade level, maybe a grade or two below that in some other scenes. I don't believe I have ever viewed a movie in my life that relied so heavily on perversion. And, yes, I have seen most of the National Lampoon movies, along with American Pie and countless of other works that weren't afraid to bare it all. Unfortunately for Screwballs, it's in a class all by itself, due to its...moronic values, just to state one of the many imperfections. To shoot you straight, if this movie was a person, it would be the kid in the cafeteria sitting all by himself, because he doesn't fit in. That's the movie. And why it doesn't fit in, is simple: Nothing in the movie works here. The script is shallow, the mood is hollow, and it's beyond pointless. One of the factors that motivated me to write a review for this, just to mainly clear the air on the comparison between this and Porky's. Don't believe it, Porky's is the champ here. The reason why Porky's worked, was because a lot of people could actually root for the boys who got screwed over by the fat owner of the bar, they paid the money, and they didn't get what they wanted. In Screwballs, these boys are just pure dipsh*ts, and it's kind of hard to root for boys who are just possessed by a perversion from hell, that makes them want to get a shot of one young females chest. Are you kidding me??? It's not all gloom and doom, I will admit, there are about three scenes in the entire movie that I found were drop dead funny. It was the pool scene, the bowling scene, and the drive in movie scene...pretty priceless for an independent Canadian film maker, let me tell ya! A few quotable laugh lines, however, all the goodies added together can only safely clock up to six to seven minutes! The rest of the movie? Well, let's just say that it can't all be glitter and glamour. Although I didn't care for it, I would think that most people are going to know what they are getting themselves into, just by looking at the cover picture. And yes, some may laugh at the beach scene, but I thought it was the nail in the coffin, as I just didn't think it was funny, I felt they were beating a dead horse...if the credits would have rolled after that scene, I probably would have given it five stars. The reason why I gave it 4 stars? Well, let's just say there was something about the ending...and no, I don't give a ducks bill about Miss Liberty...there was just something about the ending...it's finally over....no more of this nonsense...it has finally ended....and then...they had to spawn about two sequels to this pathetic romp! Oh! My! For me, these balls just don't roll.
Professor T&A
Wasn't the greatest of movies, bad acting, slow at times. But did deliver with lots of T&A. That's good considering this movie was made before Hollywood went silicone, all natural women. This movie reminded me a lot of Revenge of the Nerds as an unlikely bunch of high school boys share a common need of revenge on the popular hot girl. They vow to get even and the hijinks ensue! No big names in this movie and the characters are forgettable but it delivers great nudity. So leave your thinking caps at home, pop some popcorn and grab a beer because this movie is available on Netflix streaming right now! 7 out of 10 on the T&A scale.
panthersmanlife
Hey guys, I'm new to this site and this is my first review. I wanted to write a brief review of Screwballs made in 1983. This is the first time I saw this movie and I must say I really enjoyed it. If you start watching this movie with the mindset that you are going to be blown away by today's standards and humor, you will be disappointed. Keep in mind this was made in the early 80's when movie rentals were starting to first take off and the humor is totally different than the norm today. I thought the jokes and humor in this movie was very funny for the type of comedy it was. If you like the raunchy type late 70's and 80's movies you will love this one. I thought the many different comedy parts throughout the movie were all unique in their own way and the humor was quite funny. I grew up during this time and I guess that's why I like it so much because I can relate to the time. I give it an 8 out of 10. I think it is by far an above average comedy but still lacks the total greatness a 9 or 10 comedy possesses. I will definitely add it to my comedy collection.
Warlock-5
I was never fond of the vile phenomenon that was teen sex comedies. In fact, I never liked them at all. But for some strange reason, I found this rather funny. I actually cracked up when one of the students said this line about the principal, Mr Stuckoff..." Stuckoff can f**k off." I honestly do not know why. As can be expected, there's a lot of poor jokes that just don't work, like the secretary with the stutter and the student, Jerkovsky, who masturbates a lot. I never did finish watching this film, it was on TV at 3 in the morning and I was tired. If I find a copy on video, I'll be pleased to watch it.
