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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

2021 · 100 min

A slick, sobering true-crime docudrama that mixes talking heads with dramatized phone calls, exposing how privilege buys its way in.

Directed by: Chris Smith
Genres: Documentary, Crime, Drama
Starring: Matthew Modine, Roger Rignack, Jillian Peterson

Tagline: The man behind the scandal.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Chris Smith
Genres: Documentary, Crime, Drama
Starring: Matthew Modine, Roger Rignack, Jillian Peterson

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tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
corruption
crime
power
education
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary, crime, drama
Directed by: Chris Smith
Written by: Jon Karmen
Starring: Matthew Modine, Roger Rignack, Jillian Peterson, Courtney Rackley, Wallace Langham, Josh Stamberg, Jeff Rector, William-Christopher Stephens
Music: Nick Chuba, Leopold Ross
Cinematography: Britton Foster
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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