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Blades of Glory (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 176
Fresh: 121
Rotten:55
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus: With a talented cast, Blades of Glory successfully milks its one-joke premise into a feature-length comedy.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image and some drug references
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release: Mar 30, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $118,153,533
Synopsis: 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... 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 set out to attempt a historical comeback in the pair-skating program after being banned in the men's figure skating category after an unsportsmanlike scuffle. MacElroy's former coach (Craig T. Nelson) provides them with the tough-love coaching they so desperately need. Despite their absurdity, the duo aren't previous award winners for nothing, and their combined talent threatens the position of fellow American skating champions--brother and sister pair-skating team Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg, who are played by real-life husband and wife Will Arnett (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) and Amy Poehler (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE). But while Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg may turn on the charm for their adoring public, they reveal their true colors as they connive to sabotage Michaels and MacElroy in their efforts to regain the championship. Ferrell's turn as the loud-talking, ego-swelling, hard-partying sex-addict skater is an abrasive and shrilling contrast to Heder's innocent, cherub-faced prodigal son. Poehler and Arnett are splendid as the biting antagonists, and demonstrate a masterful understanding of how to portray characters full of spite and self-indulgence. BLADES OF GLORY is full of gut-busting wisecracks and painfully funny imagery, and will undoubtedly leave fans hoping that Ferrell and Heder will team up again for more hilarity and outlandish entertainment. [More]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson, William Fichtner, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Rob Corddry
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Screenwriter: Craig Cox, Jeff Cox, John Altschuler, David Krinsky
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller, John L. Jacobs
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 28, 2007
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
- English Subtitled, French Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish Dubbed & Subtitled
Additional Release Material:
- Additional Footage - Stranz and Fairchild Watch Kate's Video
- Chazz Offers the Verticoli, Flashback
- Blades of Glory Song
- Hector Shoots Darre
- Alternate Takes
- Bloopers - Gag Reel
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes - Return to Glory: The Making of "Blades"
- Celebrities On Thin Ice
- Cooler Than Ice: The Super-Sexy Costumes of Skating
- Arnett and Poehler - A Family Affair
- 20 Questions with Scott Hamilton
- Hector: Portrait of a Psychofan
- Music Videos - "Blades of Glory" by Bo Bice
- Moviephone unscripted with Will Ferrell, Jon Heder and Will Arnett
MTV Interstitials (3):
- Montage
- Chazz
- Stranz & Fairchild
- Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Gallery:
- Kick Some Ice (34 images)
- Capture The Dream (37 images)
- Costume Glory (3 parts)
- 1. Mind Bottling (27 images)
- 2. Provocative (28 images)
- 3. BOOOOOM (28 images
Reviews for Blades of Glory
The result proves sadly under-choreographed. And choreography is everything in a film that leans as heavily on slapstick as this one.
this wacky comedy simply glides over the ice, never falling in the cracks or tumbling off course. Heder plays the angelic-faced blonde-mopped former child protégée ... and Ferrell is the sex addicted Tsunami of Swagger, thrown unwillingly together.
Solid formula that is guaranteed to tickle most everyone's funny bone several times
Blades of Glory doesn't get the gold, in fact, I think they just miss out on the bronze.
I can't imagine what circumstances would lead me to watch the film, in its entirety, a second time. But I'm glad I saw it once.
Sketch comedy stretched to its maximum length, and while it's good fun, like that big dumb goof in every high school class, it comes oh-so-close to wearing out its welcome.
A no harm-no foul feelgood flick where everybody gets an 11th hour dispensation since Jimmy was really straight all along.
A painless if unremarkable night out, lifted considerably by the over-the-top skating sequences.
It's silly and fun with real figure skating personalities involved... they add a bonus dimension to the jokes (like throwing in a double toe-loop after landing a triple axle).
l'enjouement et la constance avec lesquelles cette connerie nous ait déblatérée la rendent désopilante pour les bonnes raisons
We'll keep tolerating Ferrell as long as he throws in a 'Stranger Than Fiction' or 'Elf' every now and again.
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