It was only a matter of time before the celeb-fest hot mess college admissions scandal made its way to Netflix in the form of a documentary. Have no fear - Matthew Modine is here - starring in 'Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal.'
This doc has a bunch going for it - celebs and rich folk behaving badly, pricey, elite colleges acting corruptly, a delusional wannabe college athletics and admission powerbroker and lots of media attention. Put all this together and you get a trainwreck of a premise that you can't help but keep watching. For this reason, 'Varsity Blues' is an easy watch; it's impossible to be bored by it. It's also put together pretty well - the editing is creative, the inclusion of anxious college applicants' selfie videos adds a layer of intentionally unintentional humor and the storyline of scenes that recreate the cringeworthy conversations between Modine's Rick Singer and the desperate parents he swindles almost feel like a separate film altogether.
Sure, it's not a masterpiece in documentary filmmaking, but 'Operation Varsity Blues' is as informative as it is entertaining and should not be counted out. Parents of (near) college-aged kids - prepare for some heartburn upon watching.
This doc has a bunch going for it - celebs and rich folk behaving badly, pricey, elite colleges acting corruptly, a delusional wannabe college athletics and admission powerbroker and lots of media attention. Put all this together and you get a trainwreck of a premise that you can't help but keep watching. For this reason, 'Varsity Blues' is an easy watch; it's impossible to be bored by it. It's also put together pretty well - the editing is creative, the inclusion of anxious college applicants' selfie videos adds a layer of intentionally unintentional humor and the storyline of scenes that recreate the cringeworthy conversations between Modine's Rick Singer and the desperate parents he swindles almost feel like a separate film altogether.
Sure, it's not a masterpiece in documentary filmmaking, but 'Operation Varsity Blues' is as informative as it is entertaining and should not be counted out. Parents of (near) college-aged kids - prepare for some heartburn upon watching.