Director: Sofia Coppola Released: 2013 Runtime: 90 minutes Sofia Coppola brings us The Bling Ring, a movie based on true events from 2008-2010. Better known for movies such as Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring is another movie that Coppola can add to her list of good movies. In The Bling Ring, a group of fame obsessed teenagers take on the task of breaking into celebrities’ homes and stealing their belongings, namely clothes and accessories. They use the internet to track the celebrity’s whereabouts, making sure they would not be at home. Katie Chang plays Rebecca, who along with Marc (Israel Broussard), are the first two to start the ball rolling. The ringleaders if you will. They are soon joined by Emma Watson (who shot to stardom as Hermione from Harry Potter) as Nicki and Taissa Farmiga (better known to most from the first and third seasons of American Horror Story) as Sam. Shortly after they had started the burglaries, the four are joined by Chloe (Claire Julien) and Emily (Georgia Rock) making their band of merry men (or terrible teenagers) complete. I love a crime movie, or a heist movie. They hold even higher standings with me if they are 1) based on a true story, and 2) really well made. I thought that Coppola did an amazing job with The Bling Ring. It was everything I expected it to be and more. I found the story interesting, and the acting was superb. Considering a relatively young cast, they all did a really good job. The best performances came from Emma Watson and Taissa Farmiga as far as I was concerned. They both managed to steal the screen every time they were on, and the two of them were only members of the group, they weren’t the movies protagonists. I know the story was true, but I would still feel the same about this movie even if it wasn’t. I actually enjoyed the story; I found it to be fun and interesting. There was enough going on to keep me going throughout its entire length. |
The Bling Ring - The Real Story
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