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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Film Cast:
- Rick Singer: Matthew Modine
- John B. Wilson: Roger Rignack
- Lead FBI Agent: Jillian Peterson
- Jane Buckingham: Courtney Rackley
- Gordon Caplan: Wallace Langham
- Bill McGlashan: Josh Stamberg
- Devin Sloane: Jeff Rector
- Rudy Meredith: William-Christopher Stephens
- Young Rick: Cullen Arbaugh
- Athletic Director: Leroy Edwards III
- Bruce Isackson: David Starzyk
- Michelle Janavs: Kristen O’Meara
- Donna Heinel: Angela Nicholas
- Guidance Counselor: Jeremy Sless
- Olivia’s Dad: John Coluccio
- Mark Riddell: Graham Outerbridge
- Lead IRS Agent: Sarah Chaney
- Manuel Henriquez: George Tovar
- Lobby Parent: Cristina Frias
- Stephen Semprevivo: Ken Weiler
- Backyard Parent: Angela Sprinkle
- Escalator Parent: Gregory Gast
- Photographer (uncredited): Gus Lynch
Film Crew:
- Writer: Jon Karmen
- Director of Photography: Britton Foster
- Co-Producer: Alicia Van Couvering
- Co-Producer: Michael R. Williams
- Producer: Youree Henley
- Director: Chris Smith
- Associate Producer: Laura Klein
- Original Music Composer: Nick Chuba
- Original Music Composer: Atticus Ross
- Original Music Composer: Leopold Ross
Movie Reviews:
- rsanek: If you’ve read the news articles about this story, there’s not much that this film will reveal to you. Mostly an inoffensive dramatization of what’s already been reported. One thing I did take issue with is the way that the piece basically promoted tracking down and searching for the defendants — it felt like for every single parent, they had a shot of someone typing in their name into Google and looking at some images. Kinda weird.
- Peter McGinn: I guess this is a good character study of some variation of a psychopath, who lies, cheats, throw people under the bus — whatever it takes to advance their own interests. And the movie provides a peek into how the wealthy care about having the best of everything and knowing they can throw money at any problem to solve them.
- Of course, none of these people are presented in a way to make you root for them in any way, so in the end though I thought it was marginally interesting, I thought it was way too long.