The Bling Ring Review

The Bling Ring is a teen film released in 2013, and is based on true events. A group of fame obsessed teenagers begin to trespass on celebrities property, and steal items of clothing alongside other things. This hobby starts out as harmless fun in the teens eyes, but soon becomes serious when CCTV footage catches them in the act, which results in the group getting into trouble with the law and receiving a large amount of media attention. The teens visit the likes of Paris Hilton's mansion, who makes a guest appearance in the film towards the beginning. As well as this, one of the main characters in this film is Emma Watson, widely recognised for her role in the 'Harry Potter' movies. This star power that comes from having Paris Hilton and Emma Watson only makes the film more appealing and largely recognised. 

On the opening weekend, this movie brought in just $214,359 at the box office, $5,845,732 as a total domestic gross, and $15,145,732 with worldwide gross. This could be considered a huge 'flop' at the box office. 




The film followed a number of typical conventions of a teen movie. The most frequent locations in the movie were a school, bedrooms, clubs, and other rooms around a house. 

The opening of the film showed the title sequence, displaying the names of the actors, producers etc. 

There were also a number of binary oppositions displayed in the film. These include:
- Good vs Bad.
-Poor vs Rich.
-Teens vs Authority.