Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
R
6.9
2021
1 hr 40 min
Drama
, Crime
, Documentary
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：
- Matthew Modine , Jillian Peterson , Wallace Langham , Josh Stamberg , Jeff Rector , William-Christopher Stephens , Leroy Edwards III
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Admirable film.
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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
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it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
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