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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

2021

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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

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RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2021

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 17, 2021

Starring: Ken Weiler, Leroy Edwards III, Matthew Modine, Sarah Chaney

Summary: Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to get the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities. [Netflix]

Director: Chris Smith

Genre(s): Crime, Documentary

Runtime: 99 min

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Entertainment Weekly

Leah Greenblatt

Mar 11, 2021

Most illuminating are the various journalists, attorneys, witnesses, and admissions counselors who testify to the case Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Mar 12, 2021

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal is a documentary, yet Matthew Modine does some of the most oddly compelling work of his career in a fully realized performance in this movie. Read full review

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TheWrap

Alonso Duralde

Mar 11, 2021

Even with the re-enactments, this is a pretty straightforward documentary. It’s nonetheless valuable for the way that it takes a complicated story and breaks it down into understandable pieces. Read full review

75

San Francisco Chronicle

Mick LaSalle

Mar 15, 2021

As a piece of filmmaking, the trick of Operation Varsity Blues is that it provides first-rate entertainment even as it incites sputtering rage. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Abele

Mar 11, 2021

The best nuggets come from the interviews, as when a lawyer remarks that when it comes to white-collar criminals, they historically have no filter on the phone. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Inkoo Kang

Mar 11, 2021

The script’s skillful tension makes it easy to forgive Operation Varsity Blues its occasionally clunky missteps. At least it tells a tale as old as time — of the insatiable rapacity of those who already have more than anyone else — with novel relish. Read full review

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Mar 12, 2021

Operation Varsity Blues provides more than proof that the American educational system is broken; it shows how many people want it to stay that way. Read full review

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