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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Dreamworks Video
Salesrank: 13300
Released: August 28, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 12-FEB-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of Blades of Glory (Full Screen Edition):
Take two male figure skaters, throw in a preposterous storyline, and you've got 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. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Goofy Good! 
2009-12-24 - The talented polished comedic stars make this movie goofy good. Will Ferrell (always funny no matter what he does - SNL skits and Legend of Ron Burgandy) plays the sexy skater Chazz Michael Michaels, Jon Hedder (who was a hit in Napoleon Dynamite and now on 30 Rock) plays Jimmy MacElroy, the angelic faced blond former child skating protegee.
Chazz and Jimmy are thrown out of skating as they did not want to share a gold medal and started a fist-fight on the winner's podium. A tough coach realizes there is a "weasel clause" that they can now compete as partners, no matter how absurd it looks.
Chazz and Jimmy smooth skate and never get off the plot that they are skating stars, unwillingly thrown together, because they love what they do and want to regain the championship..
Despite their conundrum, the duo won awards previously and combining their talent upsets the brother and sister team Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (played by real-life husband and wife Will Arnett and Amy Poehler (now in Parks and Recreation).
Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg try to sabotage MacElroy and Michaels in their efforts to regain the Championship. Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly from The Office) plays their younger sister who is used to spy on the skating of Chazz and Jimmy. Jimmy falls for her.
Poehler and Arnett are wonderful as the evil antagonists and give many laughs as they show their true colors. Blades of Glory runs over with one-liners, goofy looks, laughs, and great wacky comedy. It simply glides well as a story.
Blades Of Glory Movie DVD 
2009-12-14 - Excellent condition and arrived very fast and efficient! Very pleased and will definitely order again! Thanks for making me so happy!
THE GOLD STANDARD 5
2009-11-21 - in a true gift to authors like the folks at THE AGONY BOOTH web site and humorists everywhere , these gifted writers and their truly like minded ensemble have delivered the old school goods . evidently this is not everyones' cup of teabag . this is a love letter to those of us to whom it appeals (children of alcoholics) . i think BARON COHEN would give it two organs up . like overlooked sh'tcoms of the 80s' such as "CAGNEY AND LACEY" , it's all here . enjoy .
great movie for laughs
2009-09-13 - I would recommend this movie to anyone. Will is hilarious and cast compliment him well.
Not usually my style of humor, but it wasn't too bad! 
2009-07-21 - I was happily surprised with this one. I thought I'd turn it off within the first 30 minutes because it would be too stupid. Well, it was stupid, but in the funny kind of way. Not amazing, and probably not worth watching over and over, but still better than expected.
