The College Admissions Scandal

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The College Admissions Scandal

TV-14

2019

1h 30m

Drama

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Two wealthy mothers share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best colleges.

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Amy Amatangelo

Paste Magazine

What saves The College Admission Scandal from total camp is [Penelope Ann] Miller, who really rings true as a mom who loves her son and is deeply ashamed about what she's done.

Rated: 7.0/10

Oct 11, 2019

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

Obviously, this is a bit of a hasty cut-and-paste job. Yet at its best, the movie effectively illustrates the cynical calculus that these parents made, as well as the rationalizations employed to justify their actions.

Oct 11, 2019

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Gwen Ihnat

AV Club

There's unfortunately much too little about the real victims here-the hundreds of kids those spots belonged to in the first place, which they were robbed of due to a heartless mercenary conspiracy rooted in class privilege.

Rated: C+

Oct 11, 2019

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Jasmine Blu

TV Fanatic

Lifetime had The College Admissions Scandal plotted and cast by the time Aunt Becky perp-walked into the courthouse smiling and signing autographs. They hammed it up in glorious fashion, too.

Rated: 4.0/5.0

Oct 14, 2019

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Kevin Fallon

The Daily Beast

...when there's so much to be mined from this particular controversy, you can't help but think how much an approach like this is, ironically, leaving us cheated.

Oct 10, 2019

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robbie v

A crook enriches himself by taking advantage of the egos and susceptibility to corruption of rich Americans, then displays his own total lack of morald by dobbing them all in to save himself.

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03/31/23

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Audience Member

Not great. It seemed choppy and slow, yet not long enough somehow.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/19

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Synopsis

Two wealthy mothers share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best colleges.

Director: Adam Salky
Screenwriter: Stephen Tolkin
Production Co: Varsity Films
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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