Synopsis
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
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Cast
- Will FerrellChazz Michael Michaels
- Jon HederJimmy MacElroy
- Will ArnettStranz Van Waldenberg
- Amy PoehlerFairchild Van Waldenberg
- Jenna FischerKatie Van Waldenberg
- William FichtnerDarren MacElroy
- Craig T. NelsonCoach
- Romany MalcoJesse
- Nick SwardsonHector
- Scott HamiltonSports Anchor
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
To see seemingly reg'lar guys utterly stripped of dignity and defense is cruel enough, but crueler still is the laughter that you cannot seem to stop from rupturing your lungs and aorta. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The blissfully silly Blades of Glory is one of those rare comedies that puts a goofy smile on your face with the premise alone -- and keeps it planted there right until its wacky finale. - 80
Variety
This Will Speck-Josh Gordon-directed farce is the triple axel of comedy. - 75
Premiere
It is trim, fast-moving and often quite funny, particularly in the exchanges between Ferrell and Heder -- the former's trademark clueless oafishness meshes nicely with the latter's alternating current of petulance and sweetness. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Fundamentally Blades of Glory works; it's full of laughs both subtle and ridiculous. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The timing is slack and the jokes repetitive. But, like most Will Ferrell movies, it has enough riotous moments to carry you through the dull stretches. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Blades of Glory has funny moves even when its characters can barely move, but the film seldom gets past its one basic laugh: that a real man figure-skating is a contradiction in terms. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Blades does capture the obvious eccentricities of the skating world, and is funny up to a point, but by now Ferrell & Co. have the formula for a mild comedy down pat. What they need is a little soul.
