The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist

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.

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.

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.

I can only assume a lot of the negative reviews didn't watch this and had no interest in watching it, cause while they are right, it obviously was always going to be the point.

Everyone is insufferable, particularly the mother who was never involved in the actual burglaries and there's something horrifically nostogilic of a simpler time where these guys becoming celebrities was unique, now in the influencer era they are prehistoric.

The celebrities they burgled are now a who's that of Hollywood, this serves as a time capsule more than it does a documentary.

It's probably all lies, everyone is definitely terrible, and hell, even the celebs are presented in a way you have no sympathy. But like every train wreck.....

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.