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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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100 out of 105 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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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful
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Thankfully More Bolero than Dancing on Ice
Lets face it - you'll probably know if you'll like this film just from the poster and trailer. The film is a pure Will Farrell movie following faithfully the formula already laid out in Anchorman and Talladega Nights. If you like his brand of wacky and completely over the top humour you'll find this an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. If not steer well clear.
The paper thin plot involves Will Farrell and Jon Heders' characters being banned from men's ice skating following a punchup on the medal podium. In an attempt to get back into the competitive world of ice skating the pair discover a loophole which allows them to compete as the first ever all male ice dance pair.
Personally I enjoyed the movie, though not quite at the laugh out loud level of Anchorman. Surprisingly given the amount of spandex, floppy hair and appallingly bad ice dance routines the best skit in the entire thing involves a great slow motion chase with the lead characters attempting to run on dry land in skates. V difficult! Unlike many films these days it didn't out stay its welcome with a neat 93 minutes running time. Recommended. -
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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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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 ... -