![]() It isn’t long until this game extends to breaking into houses.Ĭoppola seems to be mostly fascinated with the break-ins themselves. And before long, Rebecca shows Mark her game of “check cars,” which is essentially walking down the street, seeing what cars left their doors open, and taking whatever is inside. Katie Chang and Israel Broussard form the heart of the film as Rebecca and Mark, a duo of besties who bond at Indian Hills, a school known for taking on last chance kids who haven’t adapted elsewhere. But unfortunately, the criminals themselves are little more than one-dimensional sketches. While the film makes pains to remind the viewer that it’s “Based on true events,” Coppola is less concerned with accurately capturing the ins and outs of the real-life gang than in simply recreating their criminal behavior. Baz Luhrmann luxuriates in the meaningless wealth of “ The Great Gatsby,” while Harmony Korine put his own twisted spin on the dark soul of the American dream in “ Spring Breakers.” And now comes Sofia Coppola‘s “ The Bling Ring,” another look at the at-any-cost pursuit of celebrity and the worship of brand names, but it doesn’t bring anything new to a conversation that seems to have run out of things to say. American cinema seems preoccupied with the emptiness of excess, at least in the first half of 2013.
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