Living the Dream, One Heist at a Time
| Cast |
Katie Chang, Israel Broussanrd, Emma Watson, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga, Georgia Rock, Leslie Mann |
| Director |
Sofia Coppola |
| Screenplay | Sofia Coppola, based on an article by Nancy Jo Sales |
| Music | Daniel Lopatin, Brian Reitzell |
| Cinematography | Christopher Blauvelt, Harris Savides |
| Editing | Sarah Flack |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| SA distributor | Ster-Kinekor |
| Made in | 2013 |
| Produced by | American Zoetrope, NALA Films, Pathé Distribution, StudioCanal, TOBIS Film, Tohokushinsha Film |
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| Genre | Drama, crime |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Frequent, use of marijuana and cocaine, strong impact |
| Comments | A group of older teenagers becomes obsessed with fame and celebrity status believing that they will gain this ideal state by involving themselves in criminal acts (breaking and entering and committing robbery). Mature themes of celebrity obsession and fame. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Glitzy look at vacuous Hollywood teenagers. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Hoekom hét ons hier gekom? | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Celebrity thieves. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli I can't say that The Bling Ring is without merit or purpose, but I can say that it's not entirely successful. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Much of The Bling Ring ends up feeling glitzy but too shallow, sort of like the celebrity world it's exploring. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 40 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 176 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While it's certainly timely and beautifully filmed, The Bling Ring suffers from director Sofia Coppola's failure to delve beneath the surface of its shallow protagonists' real-life crimes. | 12 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 14 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 29064 Netizens Coppola Disappoints Amidst a Creative Idea | 11 | |
Average .. 60% | 12 | |