Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) on Netflix
R20211h 40mCrimeDocumentaryDrama
Reenactments and interviews trace the 2019 college admissions scandal. Rick Singer, at its center, persuades wealthy clients to cheat an admissions system built to favor the privileged.
- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb6.9/109,446 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes88%
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Plot summary
Rick Singer is the figure at the center of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, and the account of the case mixes dramatized reenactments with interviews featuring real people who were part of it. Actors portray the figures caught up in the events. The film looks past the celebrity headlines to Singer's methods of steering wealthy clients toward cheating a system that already gave the privileged an advantage. The dramatized passages also include an athletic director, a guidance counselor and the FBI agent leading the inquiry. Production took place in the United States in 2020 and was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Netflix was sued for defamation on April 6, 2021 by John B. Wilson and his family, who said Operation Varsity Blues portrayed them as guilty and complicit in the college admissions scandal. Wilson was convicted at trial, and the First Circuit partially overturned the verdict on appeal.
