History Film / TheBlingRing

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Marc spells his name with a C rather than a K, probably as a nod to the man he's based on - Nic, who also spells it without a K.

* PowerWalk: There's [[https://media2.giphy.com/media/3oEjI0RjtEoaT3sWha/source.gif a slow-mo shot of them walking down a sidewalk]] around the middle of the film to this effect (shown in the page image), set to the opening of Music/KanyeWest's "Power".

* ButNotTooBlack: Katie Chang has a quarter of Asian ancestry, in contrast to Rachel Lee who is half-Asian.
* TheCameo: See above.

''The Bling Ring'' is a 2013 teen crime drama film and the fifth film written and directed by Creator/SofiaCoppola. It stars Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/TaissaFarmiga, Leslie Mann, as well as newcomers Creator/IsraelBroussard and Katie Chang.

* PowerWalk: There's [[https://media2.giphy.com/media/3oEjI0RjtEoaT3sWha/source.gif a slow-mo shot of them walking down a sidewalk]] around the middle of the film to this effect (shown in page image), set to the opening of Music/KanyeWest's "Power".

''The Bling Ring'' is a 2013 teen crime drama film and the fifth film written and directed by Creator/SofiaCoppola. It stars Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/TaissaFarmiga, Leslie Mann, as well as newcomers Israel Broussard and Katie Chang.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Inverted. Marc, the only male in the group (aside from Chloe's boyfriend and the club owner), is the only one to show remorse for the burglaries. The four other girls are portrayed as greedy, vapid and manipulative. Of course, it is technically played straight by virtue of him being the only gay character.

''The Bling Ring'' is a 2013 teen crime drama film, the fifth written and directed by Creator/SofiaCoppola. It stars Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/TaissaFarmiga, Leslie Mann, as well as newcomers Israel Broussard and Katie Chang.

It opened the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

-->--'''Rebecca Ahn'''

* WhoWearsShortShorts: As it's California, the girls are frequently wearing short shorts and hot pants.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Sam and Nicki, who are more or less adopted sisters, spend all their time together and share a bed.

* CastingGag: Emma Watson at the height of her fame as the female lead of the ''Film/HarryPotter'' film series playing a vapid, clueless girl who desperately wants fame and recognition.

* {{Loveable Rogue}}s: Marc probably fits this the most, since he just wants to hang out with the girls and views the burglaries as bonding activities.

* FiveManBand:
** The Mastermind: Rebecca
** The Lookout: Chloe
** The Right-Hand Man: Marc
** The Wild Card: Sam
** The Star: Nicki

[[BasedOnATrueStory Inspired by actual events]], the story begins with Marc (Broussard), a teenage boy who has recently transferred to a school in Agoura Hills. Eager to fit in, he strikes up a friendship with the wild and free-spirited Rebecca (Chang), who idolizes Creator/LindsayLohan and the wider lifestyle of glitz and glamour surrounding her. It soon becomes clear that Rebecca has very little sense of inhibition towards her obsessions, and Marc becomes a tag-along to her robbing unlocked cars and homes for personal thrills and high-end goods.

One day, they hear that Creator/ParisHilton will be out of town for a few days. A quick Google search gives them her street address and they even find her key under the doormat ([[RealityIsUnrealistic a detail that was not invented]] for the movie). They're soon joined by their friends Nicki (Watson), her adoptive sister Sam (Farmiga) and Chloe (Claire Julien), embarking on a wild spree of robbing other celebrity houses for cash, jewellery and of course designer clothes.

* BreakTheHaughty: This notably happens to Rebecca and Nicki. The latter is dragged from her house by the police, and reduced to a sobbing mess, screaming for her mother. Rebecca is more combative with the police while they're searching her house, but drops the facade as soon as she hears that Lindsay Lohan knows about her. Her attempts to flee to her father are easily stopped too.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rebecca tries to flee and go live with her father, but she's quickly caught.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Marc spells his name with a c rather than k, probably as a nod to the man he's based on - Nic, who spells it without a k.

* TeensAreMonsters: Subverted. It's shown that the teens are very much a product of their environment and have more complicated reasons for doing what they do. Rebecca - the real aggressor of the group - has a FreudianExcuse of a difficult home life. Marc clearly goes along with it because he wants to be close to the girls. Nicki and Sam meanwhile are shown to have an utterly clueless mother who indulges them.
* [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]]: The protagonists are the thieves. That being said, the most sympathetic member is the one with the most screentime.

->''"Let's go shopping."''

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last scene has Nicki announcing that she will have her own reality show.

* AsianAirhead: Subverted. Despite Rebecca being vapid and materialistic, she does admittedly display a lot of knowledge and craftiness on how to break into a house; waiting until the celebrity announces she's out of town, Google the street address and find a way to get in.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Of a sort, the Bling Ring gets what they wanted all along, fame and media attention.]]
* BourgeoisBohemian: Nicki's mother Laurie, who homeschools the girls based on lessons from ''Literature/TheSecret'' and raised them in Religious Science.
* BrainlessBeauty: Nicki is hilariously vapid. After asserting her baby sister is doing good works in a third world country (as an example of the morality of her family) she casually admits the ''name'' of said country had slipped her mind.

* CastingGag: Emma Watson at the height of her fame as the female lead of the ''Film/HarryPotter'' film series, playing a girl who desperately wants fame and recognition.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Rebecca's is after the party - where she tries to rob unlocked cars.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: When Nicki is arrested she immediately starts screaming for her mother.

* TheOneGuy: Marc is this in the group of four girls. Also Orlando Bloom is the only male celebrity that gets robbed.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Inverted. Marc the only male in the group (aside from Chloe's boyfriend and the club owner) is the only one to show remorse for the burglaries. The four other girls are portrayed as greedy, vapid and manipulative. Of course it is technically played straight by virtue of him being the only gay character.

** Emma Watson's American accent was criticised by some. However it's a near spot-on imitation of Alexis Neiers's real voice, on whom her character is based.

Creator/SofiaCoppola's fifth film. It stars Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/TaissaFarmiga, Leslie Mann, as well as newcomers Israel Broussard and Katie Chang.

[[BasedOnATrueStory Inspired by actual events]], we meet Marc (Broussard) - a teenage boy who has recently transferred to a school in Agoura Hills. Eager to fit in, he strikes up a friendship with a wild girl called Rebecca (Chang). It soon becomes clear that Rebecca has very little sense of morality - given that she amuses herself by robbing unlocked cars on the street. She also idolises Creator/LindsayLohan and longs to be famous. Marc soon joins her in her robbing habits - even successfully breaking into one of his acquaintance's houses while he's out of town.

One day they hear the news that Creator/ParisHilton will be out of town for a few days. A quick Google search gives them her street address and they even find her key under the doormat ([[RealityIsUnrealistic a detail that was not invented]] for the movie). They're soon joined by their friends Nicki (Watson), her adoptive sister Sam (Farmiga) and Chloe (Claire Julien) - embarking on a wild spree of robbing other celebrity houses for cash, jewellery and of course designer clothes.

* RaceLift: One of the thieves was a Mexican immigrant called Diana Tamayo. Her counterpart in the film appears to be a white girl called Sam.

* BreakTheHaughty: This notably happens to Rebecca and Nicki.

* KarmaHoudini: Sam manages to be the only one not caught.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Inverted. Marc the only male in the group (aside from Chloe's boyfriend and the club owner) is the only one to show remorse for the burglaries. The four other girls are portrayed as greedy, vapid and manipulative.

* BourgeoisBohemian: Nicki's mother Laurie, who homeschools the girls based on lessons from ''The Secret.''

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Averted where all four girls are shameless thieves for shallow reasons. Marc meanwhile has the more sympathetic motives.

** Nicki. Especially given the fact she's played by Emma Watson, working against type. A very brief scene in which she dances in a sexy fashion in a nightclub and licks her lips, taken from the trailer, was extensively screen-capped and made into anti-gifs in the months prior to the film's release. (However, see the next item.)

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Sam and Nicki, who are more or less adopted sisters, spend all their time together, and share a bed.

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Nicki has no problem in stripping down to underwear around others and she pulls open her jacket zipper to show some cleavage when a delivery man comes in

* TheStoolPigeon: Rebecca, who despite being the mastermind of the operation, [[spoiler:instantly asks if she would get a lighter sentence for the names of her friends]].

* LethallyStupid: Sam cavalierly brandishes a loaded gun in Marc's face, clearly [[KickTheDog enjoying how just scared he becomes.]]

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

--> '''Nick Prugo:''' The character that Claire Julien plays, based on Courtney I believe -- Claire did an amazing job and she's way hotter than [Courtney is] in real life.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Chloe drives a car on drugs and crashes, immediately getting slammed with a DUI. Subverted when Rebecca does the same a few scenes later.

* CostumePorn: So many fancy clothes are worn in this movie.

* [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]]: The protagonists are the thieves.

Creator/SofiaCoppola's fifth film. It stars Creator/EmmaWatson, Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann, as well as newcomers Israel Broussard and Katie Chang.