GQ (UK) - "If you needed further proof that the documentaries currently coming out of America are better than the films being produced by Hollywood, look no further."

BPM - “Not only does the film bristle with Scarface-esque machismo, violence and comeuppance, but it is intelligently and cogently presented as well.”

Variety - “A rogues gallery of flamboyant gangsters paint an anecdote-rich portrait of the drug trade”  

XXL  - "You know nothing about the M-I-Yayo until you've seen Cocaine Cowboys."

Maxim - “Fast paced and more addictive than a cocaine/crack/meth cocktail.”

The Miami Herald - "genuinely engrossing -- and horrifying"  

New York Magazine - “Billy Corben’s often hilarious, exuberant documentary practically celebrates the bloodbath that was Miami’s cocaine heyday”  

Reuters - “ As sensational as "Scarface" and a lot livelier than that "Miami Vice" movie”  

MTV - “Bullets fly and dead bodies drop like whacked weeds in this startling documentary about the bad old days of the Miami drug trade. “  

FIlm Threat - “it packs the furious momentum and dramatic punch of a riveting feature film”  

Time Out New York - “a well-researched documentary charting the scary real-life crimes that made living in miami a nightmare”  

New York Times - “ A hyperventilating account of the blood-drenched Miami drug culture in the 1970’s and 80’s, the movie overflows with cops and coroners, snitches and smugglers, reporters and importers.”  

SouthFlorida.com - “Move over Miami Vice and Scarface -- this is how it really happened.”  

The Onion - “Cocaine Cowboys is kinetic and absorbing, the documentary equivalent of Goodfellas” 

Worcester Movies - “Scarface’ been REPLACED!”

Mass Appeal - “All you street entrepreneurs take notes -- this is a classic.”

XXL - Noreaga Interview - “Miami's New Jack City"

The Washington Post - “It pounds, it churns, it go-fast boats...”