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Description: Genre: Drama / Production Year: 2007 / Take two male figure skaters, throw in a preposterous storyline, and you've got ... more
Blades of Glory (DVD) ... Blades of Glory, a surprisingly funny film that almost makes you forgive Will Ferrell for his back-to-back 2005 clunkers Kicking & Screaming and Bewitched. This time around, Ferrell eats the scenery in his role as a sex-addicted, cocky skating champ named Chazz Michael Michaels. When he gets into an on-podium fight with his nemesis and co-gold medallist Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite), both skaters are banned from competing in men's figure-skating events. Forever. Their fall from grace is brutal. Chazz is forced to work for a D-list skating show, while pampered Jimmy is disowned by his wealthy and cold-hearted adoptive father (excellently played by William Fichtner), who only wants to be around winners. When Jimmy points out that he tied for gold, his dad cruelly says, If I wanted to share, I would've bought you a brother. Flash forward 3-1/2 years and Jimmy's No. 1 stalker Hector (Nick Swardson) says he's found a loophole. Jimmy's been banned from men's singles events, but there's nothing that says he can't compete in pairs skating. After a chance meeting with Chazz, mayhem ensues as the two rivals team up to go against the brother-and-sister team of Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (played by Will Arnett and his real-life wife, Amy Poehler of Saturday Night Live and Mean Girls fame). The Van Waldenbergs will stop at nothing to beat the competition, even if that means literally beating up the competition. They have no qualms manipulating their sweet little sister (Jenna Fischer, The Office) to seduce both men to try to break up the team. The finale will be no surprise to moviegoers who know that comedies like this aren't set up to make its leading men losers. But there is one brief skating sequence set in North Korea that will surprise (and shock) many viewers because of its brutality. Ferrell and Heder make a great comedy team. Though he has been accused of playing the same role since his breakthrough performance in Napoleon Dynamite and, to a certain extent, plays a similar type of role here, Heder is spot-on as Jimmy. He manages to convey innocence, bitterness, and longing--all within the span of a few seconds and while wearing a peacock unitard (You can understand why Hector is so enthralled with him). Look for guest appearances by real-life skating champs Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, and Sasha Cohen, who gets to sniff Chazz's jockstrap.

Newest Review: ... his main rival who is completely opposite to him. They hate each other so much they have a fight at the awards ceremony and ... more

 ... get banned from solo skating. So they eventually become partners, the first 2 man partners team ever. The story is very silly, but it allows Ferrell to do what he does best, that is to act silly in his own unique way. He always amuzes on screen, and in such a stange role he succeeds in acting liek a real fool. It is not one of his better films, without Ferrell I'm sure this would be awful. But it allows him to entertain us and so this is actually a very fun watch, even though it shouldn't be. The blonde guy pla...more

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mummy2harry
Premium Review Blades of Glory (DVD): Not On Thin Ice! (895 words)
by - written on 17/01/08 (Very useful, 193 readings)
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I'll be honest and say I was a little dubious about watching this one after being really disappointed by another Will Ferrell outing, Talladega Nights. But since there was nothing else on my Amazon rentals list, I thought it was worth a go, so I sent off for Blades of Glory, and finally sat down to watch it last week. Blades of Glory tells the story of 2 Olympic skaters, Jimmy MacElroy and Chazz Michael Michaels. Both men are stripped of their gold medals and are banned from competing in Men's Singles competition for life after they have a fight on the podium. The two men have to go into the workplace, Jimmy works in a sports shop and Chazz is getting drunk ...  Read the complete review

thedevilinme
Premium Review Will & Grace (1316 words)
by - written on 31/12/07 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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So what a year it's been for Will Ferrell. Few get him or his humor but you are getting a lot of him now, whether you like it or not, this, the latest in a long line of themed and hilarious comedy vehicles for the dead pan comic. When the producers of his last movie, 'Talladega Nights', pitched it all they had to say was: 'Will Ferrell does NASCAR, the redneck jokes writing themselves there and then. So why not Will Ferrell on Ice? Anyone else attempting to pen such a comedy around an all male ice dancing pair would certainly have fallen through the ice without Ferrell, this time Ben Stiller putting the money up. Ferrell just seems to be able to play any ...  Read the complete review

hollywoodmum
Premium Review Blades of Glory (DVD): Icecapades (769 words)
by - written on 30/10/07 (Very useful, 75 readings)
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Plot Outline In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team. The Film The film begins by introducing us to our two main characters Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy. both are figure skaters at the top of their game. Chazz is the bad boy of skating 'he is skating'. Jimmy is an orphan who was adopted by Darren MacElroy when he was 4. Darren macElroy adopted a few children with sporting ability and trained them hard to become champions. Chazz and Jimmy are competing ...  Read the complete review

Ailran
Premium Review Skating on a sharp edge (742 words)
by - written on 18/03/08 (Very useful, 133 readings)
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A comedy about two men who join together to form the first ever all male ice skating pairs team sounds like a crazy idea. In fact it is a ludicrous idea but some how or other it works just because of that, even though Will Ferrell is someone I cannot abide at all in a starring role. Will Ferrell is Chaz Michael Michaels, the bad boy of mens figure skating, his routine are audacious, raunchy and border on the obscene, but the crowds love him. Jon Heder is Jimmy MacElroy the boy wunderkind with his girly hair and near perfect dance routines when he is on the ice. Macelroy and Michaels are the worst of opponents, they each hate what the other ...  Read the complete review

emz_angel
Premium Review Blades of Glory (DVD): you can dream it, you can do it! (1917 words)
by - written on 05/09/07 (Very useful, 201 readings)
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Background The film is directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck and produced by Stuart Cornfield, John Jacobs and Ben Stiller. All the great costumes seen in the film are created by Julie Weiss. The film was released in April 2007 with the tagline – Kick Some Ice. Blades of Glory won BMI Film Music Award and it was nominated for other awards including the MTV Movie Award for Best fight, Best film and Best performance. Story At the World Winter Sport Games in 2002, top singular figure skaters are competing for the gold, Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy. Chazz is known for his wild cowboy antics on the ice which drive the women ...  Read the complete review

 
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