The Bling Ring

2013

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama

43
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 207 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 95316 95.3K

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Plot summary

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Director

Sofia Coppola Photo
Sofia Coppola

Top cast

Emma Watson Photo
Emma Watson as Nicki
Marshall Bell Photo
Marshall Bell as L.A. Detective #1
Audrina Patridge Photo
Audrina Patridge as Herself
Lauren Conrad Photo
Lauren Conrad as Herself
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
701.94 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 2
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by twilliams76 7 / 10

Leaving with a feeling of emptiness is rather the point ... you've just met the Bling Ring.

The collective level of vapidity on display in the Bling Ring might (like totally) reach epic proportions.Award-winning, insightful director, Sofia Coppola, has once again made a film that is highly successful in portraying fame and celebrity ... only this time she has turned the cameras onto those who obsess over and covet the fame and celebrity others have.The Bling Ring is a character study/meditation of a group of people -- based on real life individuals in SoCal -- with NO character whatsoever. They are all beautiful bling on the outside with no inner core of morality. They are shells of a mass emptiness who worship others for merely having stuff they want ... or being on their TVs.Coppola's story is based on real-life events of a group of five vacuous and insipid teenagers (one boy and four girls) who used the internet to track the whereabouts of their "celebrity" idols -- some were merely "reality stars" -- so that when the stars were out of town the five could play. The five would break into celeb houses and play with beautiful things that belonged to Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, Audrina Patridge or ... their ultimate idol, Lindsay Lohan. They also ended up pocketing and stealing a lot of designer goods and merchandise (you know, like to wear and be cool with). They had fun and bragged about their shenanigans at parties and on social media all the while believing that they had done nothing wrong. One even believes this happened in order for her to become more charitable -- her comment on "karma" must be heard to be believed. Coppola wisely lifted this line word-for-word as it is tragic comic gold.Emma Watson (Harry Potter, Perks of Being a Wallflower) is the most-recognizable face in the cast and she totally has the film's bestest lines! Watson is a genius comedienne ... who knew? Her line delivery and depiction of oblivious shame are perfect.Coppola understands the world of fame and she has proved she also understand the world of those who dream of it. This isn't a movie in which characters learn life lessons and change ... this is a depiction of people who believe they do no wrong (like never ever). It is eye-opening because these people walk amongst us. The film is full of face palm, jaw drop and eye rolling moments. Like ... a lot. Totally.
Reviewed by Prinsterish 5 / 10

Coppola Disappoints Amidst a Creative Idea

The Bling Ring is a stunningly shot, visually entertaining film that strives to make a statement about materialism and young teens' fame obsessions. Unfortunately, Sofia Coppola fails to translate her vision into a substantiated plot that develops a story and protagonists; neither of which, are worth caring about. Aside from Emma Watson's intimidating performance, the acting is sub-par which aids in the instantaneous transition from Coppola's attempts to create a smart, creative film to a shallow, unsatisfactory film that feels quite unfinished. The idea of The Bling Ring is fresh, however you cannot help but ignore the large lack of intellectual Bling, the film once promised or Coppola might have hoped for.
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