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		List Price: $14.98		Label: Dreamworks Video Salesrank: 6687 Released: August 28, 2007
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) 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

Description of Blades of Glory (Widescreen 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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Blades of Glory (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
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.

Funny movie.
2009-06-29 - If you are looking for a movie with a lot of humor, then this is right for you!

So Stupid it's Funny
2009-06-06 - This is a very stupid movie. You must accept and understand that fact before moving on to watch this movie. It is chock-full of inappropriate, melodramatic, predictable, and plain dumb stunts, but that's what makes this movie worth watching once or twice in a lifetime. Sometimes it's good to get away from all those dark, serious, and sad movies and find something much lighter and less serious. If you're depressed, this movie will squeeze a few hearty laughs and many chuckles, if not some raised brows.

Will Ferrel is a comical genius, and he stars in this ridiculous, inappropriate, and funny film as Chazz Michael Michaels, raunchy and skilled sex-driven ice-skater. His seemingly perfect future becomes questionable, however, when he meets up with the talented but girlish Jimmy McElroya (Jon Heder) and when the tie at a match, they fight and are banned from single skating ever again.

Years later, they team up, urged on by Jimmy's old coach, and find a loophole in the banning that they can still skate as partners. What follows is a predictable but laughable series of awkward situations, girly scuffles, an unlikely romance between Jimmy and the enemy, and an awkward but faithful friendship between Chazz and Jimmy.

No, you shouldn't buy this movie. You should rent it, see if you like it, and then maybe consider paying money to own it. Frankly, it's a movie that you'll either like or hate, and whichever side of the line you're on, this movie isn't exactly worth buying, no matter how funny it can be at times. But try it, and see what happens- you never know!

I named my fish, Chazz Michael Michaels & Jimmy MacElroy
2009-06-02 - As far as Will Ferrell goes, this is a solid 4 of 5 or 8 of 10...

Step Brothers (Single-Disc Unrated Edition) is better and Kicking and Screaming is the worst...This is in the middle.

A definate own for any Will Ferrell Collection.