The documentary makes clear that the admissions scandal wasn’t just about one scammer or millionaire parents, but that the entire system is rigged in favor of those who already benefit from being upper class.

| Apr 5, 2022

It plays out like an odd mix of a documentary and a 온라인카지노추천 Movie of the Week, and it might have been better off picking one or the other.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 23, 2021

The film devotes a surprising amount of time to how a scandal like this could come to be in the first place, and it's here that it really finds its depth and point of view.

| Apr 23, 2021

What distinguishes this compelling and fascinating documentary and white collar crime story are its re-enactments of the wiretaps of conversations between Singer and his clients.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2021

You feel bad for them, but not so much the others openly on the take with grave avarice. An unequal playing field if ever there was one.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 10, 2021

The entire enterprise is rather tepid and as narrowly focused as possible.

| Apr 8, 2021

Neither assumes any knowledge on the viewer's part nor needlessly repeats itself, but those acquainted with the details and folks with just a passing interest so far will both find themselves swept through the ups and downs.

| Apr 3, 2021

This torturous tale of corruption and entitlement is compellingly told.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2021

Upon watching, these dramatic scenes wield a strange power: Modine acting out Singer's real-life, wiretapped conversations with high-powered parents only highlights the largest college-admissions scandal in U.S. history's full outrageous scope...

| Mar 29, 2021

While you may know the details of the scandal, watching it play out is pretty appalling.

| Mar 29, 2021

A complex but cleanly organized dissection of the 2019 college admissions scandal that takes its name from the actual FBI sting...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 26, 2021

Some language in riveting docu with insights on US culture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 26, 2021

His story might not be over yet, but "Operation Varsity Blues" suggests that even if Singer goes down, the problem he exploited shows no sign of letting up.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 25, 2021

You come away feeling a little bit differently about not just the scandal itself, but the systems that gave rise to it.

| Mar 22, 2021

I liked the ambition and the weird-hybrid [style] of it.

| Mar 22, 2021

Grimy fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2021

But however pitiful the principals might be, Varsity Blues never has been a case that engenders much pity for those involved. The College Admissions Scandal knows it...

| Mar 20, 2021

It also puts the blame on the U.S. college system, where elite universities allow "back door" admissions to exist...

| Mar 20, 2021

A solidly journalistic doc that stirs up some serious issues, and is good enough to warrant a watch.

| Mar 19, 2021

Whether the star's successful performance is entirely of his own making or if as much praise is due the production's wig wrangler is hard to say. Together, though, they're probably enough.

| Mar 18, 2021