The Bling Ring
A24 | Release Date: June 14, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
26
Mixed:
14
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 21, 2013
It’s fun while it lasts, but ultimately forgettable, kind of like the people they stole from. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 21, 2013
Watching it, one gets the feeling that Coppola knows these vampiric types all too well. What unfolds feels like a cross between "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "Natural Born Killers," and a film that is far more disapproving than glamorizing of the go-go-go Los Angeles lifestyle -- but fascinating nonetheless. Read full review
60
Total FilmKate StablesJun 15, 2013
Sharp and shiny as the jewellery its twisted teens pilfer, Coppola’s cautionary tale eschews action for angsting about celeb- obsessed culture. Worth it just to hear Watson snarl “I wanna ROB!” Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 16, 2013
The final notes of irony and repudiation may be laboured and obvious, but this is an intriguingly intuitive and atmospheric movie. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 16, 2013
Coppola’s attitude toward her subject seems equivocal, uncertain; there is perhaps a smidgen of social commentary, but she seems far too at home in the world she depicts to offer a rewarding critique of it. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJun 20, 2013
The Bling Ring still feels more like a magazine article overstretched into a feature length film. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJun 19, 2013
Coppola's movie has a sense of indie vitality, although the energy feels wasted by running in place. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJun 13, 2013
Make no mistake, it is lovely to look at this celebrity bedazzled bit of L.A. crime history for a while. But the movie ultimately leaves you feeling as empty as the lives it means to portray. Read full review
50
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekJun 11, 2013
Even though Coppola is one of our most compassionate storytellers, she can't bring herself to like these kids much. She's not cynical enough to turn this story into satire. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJun 10, 2013
Sofia Coppola seems curiously unmotivated to bring full analysis or provocation to her themes, leaving the film feeling like a disappointingly toothless satire. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMay 16, 2013
It's the picture's lack of focus that eventually diminishes whatever little The Bling Ring has to say. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternJun 20, 2013
The point of the film is vacuous materialism, but the way these larcenous children return the camera's impassive gaze suggests that no one is home behind their beautiful faces and dead eyes. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJun 19, 2013
The problem with The Bling Ring is that it feels as soulless as its young protagonists, and of course there’s little sympathy to be found either for the story’s über-rich victims like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 13, 2013
Narratively static and morally banal. That may be par for the course, however, when half the movie is spent watching shallow kids try on other people’s clothes. Read full review
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