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Blades of Glory
2007
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. Read more
| Starring | Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jenna Fischer |
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| Director | Josh Gordon, Will Speck |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Blades of Glory
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.
| Starring | Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson, William Fichtner, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Rob Corddry, Jon Heder |
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| Director | Josh Gordon, Will Speck |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Aug 2007 Blu-ray: not available HD DVD: 17 Sep 2007 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Will Ferrells got a good schtick going playing characters who cruise along on misplaced bluster, including anchorman... read more on Time Out
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101 out of 106 people found this review helpful
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superb.........
Blades of Glory is about two rival figure skaters who after a fight with each other in front of 30,000 fans, and after destroying the world championship mascot, have their gold medals stripped from them, and are banned from competitive skating for a lifetime.
Three years later, one is many pounds heavier, whilst the other is still very girly.
Both agree to put aside their differences, as well as the fact that they are both men, and exploit a loophole ( which as far as i know can not be done in the real world of pairs skating), that would allow them to compete in the pairs figure skating category.
this duo must go face-to-face with fierce competition, from rivals far more experienced at the art, such as Stranz and Fairchild, the unrelentingly competitive reigning champion pair.
There are some really great moments, including a hilarious ice skate chase and some very funny ice routines.
This very funny movie was shot in Los Angeles and Montreal in Quebec (Canada).
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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Blades of Glory
Will Ferrell is funny right? . he must be , he's been allowed to make enough movies to indicate that people find him funny . So what is it i am missing ?
Maybe it's an American thing ? Perhaps because we don't see Saturday Night Live in the UK i'm not used to his way.
When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy go ballistic in an embarrassing, no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they've found a loophole that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate together in pairs' figure skating.
The humour in Blades of glory is as subtle as a brick . It tries it's best to be funny but just ends up being so camp and over the top it could almost be a kids film but for the sexual references .
Ferrell and Helder are so inappropriate for the roles . Ferrell does not have the body or the moves for a skater and Helder's lack of screen presence and personality ruins what could have been a promising premise.
The performance of Jenna Fisher ( of American Office fame) is good but i hope she gets better , more serious roles in the future.
Two words sum up Blades of Glory ..... Not Funny.
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Blades of Glory
- 02 Apr 2007
Real men do skate - just ask Kyran Bracken - but even he might think twice about some of the routines Will Ferrell performs here - with unlikely pairs partner Jon Heder. Not to mention some of the costumes. How much spandex, sparkle and feather trim can one man take? Like most Ferrell heroes, Chazz Michael Michaels is oblivious to any reality beyond his own subjectivity. In his mind's eye (and it must be said, the movie takes him at face value) Chazz is 'sex on ice', the bad boy of figure... Read more
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Two comedic heavy hitters, Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN - THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY) and Jon Heder (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), join forces to push the boundaries of slapstick with their ice-skating farce, BLADES OF GLORY. Rival skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) begrudgingly ...
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