Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

2021100 min
6.8/10
DocumentaryCrimeDrama

Plot Summary

An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged.

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👥Cast (23)

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

Rick Singer

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Roger Rignack

John B. Wilson

Jillian Peterson

Jillian Peterson

Lead FBI Agent

Courtney Rackley

Courtney Rackley

Jane Buckingham

Wallace Langham

Wallace Langham

Gordon Caplan

Josh Stamberg

Josh Stamberg

Bill McGlashan

Jeff Rector

Jeff Rector

Devin Sloane

William-Christopher Stephens

William-Christopher Stephens

Rudy Meredith

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Cullen Arbaugh

Young Rick

Leroy Edwards III

Leroy Edwards III

Athletic Director

David Starzyk

David Starzyk

Bruce Isackson

Kristen O'Meara

Kristen O'Meara

Michelle Janavs

🎬Crew

Director

Chris Smith

Writers

Jon Karmen

Producers

Jon Karmen, Youree Henley, Chris Smith

🖼️Gallery (3 images)

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🏷️Keywords

money launderingscandalreenactmentcollege admissionacademic cheating

💬Reviews (2)

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rsanek

3/22/2021

If you've read the news articles about this story, there's not much that this film will reveal to you. Mostly an inoffensive dramatization of what's already been reported. One thing I did take issue with is the way that the piece basically promoted tracking down and searching for the defendants -- it felt like for every single parent, they had a shot of someone typing in their name into Google and looking at some images. Kinda weird.

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Peter McGinn

7/23/2021

I guess this is a good character study of some variation of a psychopath, who lies, cheats, throw people under the bus — whatever it takes to advance their own interests. And the movie provides a peek into how the wealthy care about having the best of everything and knowing they can throw money at any problem to solve them. Of course, none of these people are presented in a way to make you root for them in any way, so in the end though I thought it was marginally interesting, I thought it was way too long.

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Production Companies

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