The Real Bling Ring: Cambriolages à Hollywood

A group of bored teenagers have the ingenious idea of robbing the homes of Hollywood celebrities whene they have announced on social media that they plan to be away. The motivation isn't even getting rich per se, but because they can. Eventually they get caught. But instead of pleading for mercy, they try to leverage their fame by shooting a fake-reality TV show based on their experiences. Sofia Coppola starts making a movie about the story before the court case is even complete. The prospect of heavy sentences ends when it is discovered that a leading figure in the investigation is already working as a paid advisor to Coppola. The celebrity victims also cooperate with Coppola, milking the opportunity for further self-promotion. Finally, most of those involved appears in this documentary, displaying neither a sense of responsibility nor any sense of self-awaeness. It's both fascinating and terrible; and the documentary makers are well-aware they are adding to the general terribleness, and don't care either. The series is watchable enough, but if everyone involved was consigned to obscurity hereafter, it might not be such a bad thing.

First. Alexis mother is the most pathetic creature, if there was a law that could put you in prison for being a horrible human being, she'd do life. Alexis herself is a liar, she spent a decade denying everything and they have no remorse for making the celebs feel afraid to be in their own homes, Audrina Patridge was traumatized.. Alexis claims (now) that she was a drug addict because his fathers girlfriends sexually abused her, she was facing 48 years and didn't bring this up then? BS. She claims her current job is helping addicts in NA, I've been a member of NA/AA for 35 years, sponsors are not paid in NA/AA. She recently "pitched" a reality TV series about addiction, still seeking fame, it;s called Narcotics ANONYMOUS for a reason honey, one of our rules is "we maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and film". Shame on her. They stole over $3 million and not one got more than a year in jail, Alexis served 30 days. Nick is clearly still proud of what he did, he laughs throughout the entire show.

The whiny teenagers and crazy mother of the reality show that intertwined with the actual thefts made this very difficult to watch. I had to shut it off half way through episode two.

I'm sure the timeline and how the burglaries played out are interesting but I just couldn't handle how the reality show of the three girls and the mom were pulled in. The over inflated egos and self entitlement and thinking they are larger than life gave me a headache. To top it off there was so much he said, she said. It's really not worth the watch and I'm not sure why they even pulled this story out of the vault again. Reboot that failed, I guess.

Too vapid like the protagonists themselves! Ok the underlying paparazzis, rise of the social media theme could have been interesting if well executed! But this is essentially a life-story of the protagonists and they are the total disaster.. they exemplify greed, unapologetic behaviour and they try to "redeem" themselves with worse and worst actions!

Brand naming, shamelessly wearing the spoils, looking for fame.., basically whoring themselves out in order to get a better deal at trial and "victimising" themselves! They are so hollow and such horrible persons! The Mom really takes the cake! No wonder the offsprings are so brainless.

Yes everyone involved --apart from the prosecutors--is absolutely horrible but the Bling Ring story is crazy and the doc is worth watching. The now-grown-up kids have absolutely zero shame and a million excuses for their crimes but I gotta give them credit for great story telling.

Regarding their awful lawyers, I am horrified how badly these kids were represented by their legal counsel who were clearly just as obsessed with celebrity as their loser clients. But since one of the lawyers was chosen based on HIS LOOKS (he's not that great BTW) what do you expect.

This is a good doc for someone who didnt know the Bling Ring story --especially the reality show angle--and wants to get the full scoop.