"Screwball" refers to a person or thing that is unconventional, eccentric, or odd in behavior or appearance. It can also describe a style of comedy that is zany, unpredictable, and filled with absurd or wacky situations. Full definition
«That's the first half of the film and then the mystery element kind of dies off into the background and it becomes a kind of screwball comedy between the two and they have these verbal jousts. (independent.ie)
The live voice - over (also known as the Gavrilov technique) is common in Eastern European television and cinema, and Slavs and Tatars uses the method in three screenings of screwball comedy films all live - interpreted to German, including that of Polish Seksmisja. (aqnb.com)
Leslie Nielsen has excelled in screwball comedies in the past, but what this film really needs is new blood if there were to be any chance at sustaining our interest. (qwipster.net)