Blades of Glory [Blu-ray] starring Will
Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy
Poehler, Jenna Fischer
Funny Movie.
Take two male figure skaters, throw in a preposterous storyline, and youve
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 mens 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 wouldve bought you a brother. Flash forward 3-1/2
years and Jimmys No. 1 stalker Hector (Nick Swardson) says hes found a
loophole. Jimmys been banned from mens si ngles events, but theres
nothing that says he cant 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 arent 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 exten t, 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 Chazzs jockstrap. --
Jae-Ha Kim Beyond Blades of Glory
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