arthurwest-07516 Blades of Glory is an alright film- kind of like a nice comedy diversion. Based on ice skating it features Jon Heder(Napoleon Dynamite) and Will Ferrell as rival and then partners with completely different mannerisms and personalities. There is some fun in watching them ice skate, but it soon wears off and the laughs are few and far out. Or maybe I never was interested in ice skating, so it flew over my head in some respects. Regardless, if you like Will Ferrell you can give Blades of Glory a watch.

Kingslaay Blades of Glory was an absolute thrill to watch. It takes some intelligence and care to pull off a great comedy and this film certainly does it. The story and direction was great to watch and the cast deliver some of their finest performances. Thoroughly enjoyed and a bit disappointed to see its low rating here on IMDb, guess some folks don't enjoy a big laugh. This film was some of last good films of Will Ferrell as lately his films are quite horrendous and over the top. Blades of glory doesn't try too hard to be funny and ends up hitting it out of the park. The two main cast members have big and different personalities and the film is littered with comedic gold. 8/10

funkyjuju I really can't emphasise enough how much I love this film. I have watched it countless times and I still enjoy every second of it. It's funny, fast-paced, and incredibly quotable.With a lot of modern American comedies, I find that they focus a lot on slap-stick or toilet humour which I personally find dull and stupid. Now I'm not saying that this film is full of witty, clever jokes but, oh my god, it is SO funny. Blades of Glory is unpretentious with its jokes but it hits the nail on the head every time.The main thing is that the characters by themselves are funny. It's not just one humorous character surrounded by a bunch of normal people. Everyone is a laugh in their own way.The film is just pure fun, it's one of my favourite films, and I really believe it to be one of the best comedies ever made!

Steve Pulaski One of the newest things for comedies to satire are activities that have been officially called sports, yet they're activities we can't help but subtly sneer at. Balls of Fury gave ping-pong a quirky satire, The Big Year would go on to showcase the eccentric sport of birding (bird-watching), and Will Speck and Josh Gordon's Blades of Glory gives us a predominately genial, high-spirited comedy on the competitive nature of professional figure-skating. And who better to carry out the challenge than comedian extraordinare Will Ferrell and relative newcomer Jon Heder, still riding off of the Napoleon Dynamite fame three years after its release? What Blades of Glory reminds all of us of is Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, one of Ferrell's previous comedies and, for those who enjoyed that film or whole-heartedly loathed it, could suffer by comparison for better or for worse. For one thing, Blades of Glory provides us with a glossier, more aesthetically attractive atmosphere, concocted off of set-pieces, stunning skate techniques, entertaining theatricalities, and a story of over competitive hatred between two professionals that transcends into bonding and teamwork. On my checklist, that's quite a lot for a satire on figure-skating to include.The film opens by showing us the 2002 World Winter Sports Games, where we are introduced to the extremely talented and proclaimed sex addict figure skater Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and the equally talented, yet effeminate Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). Both men get a few minutes to show off their true talent before getting into a huge fight on the ice, leading to their expulsion from figure-skating entirely.Three and a half years later, Jimmy works at a sporting goods store, while Chazz, who has gained weight and become even more addicted on alcohol and sex. It would appear that their lives, now well past the line of obscurity, will continue to spiral in the downward direction, until an obsessed fan (Nick Swardson) informs Jimmy that he was only banned from individual skating and not from pair skating, thanks to a contract loophole. Jimmy nabs his old coach Robert (Craig T. Nelson), who gets him Chazz as a last minute partner so he can compete.The remainder of the film centers on Chazz and Jimmy training for the big championship in figure-skating, with intentions to beat Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler), the brother and sister pair who have become increasingly cunning and manipulative in their desire to win.One of the most pleasing additions to Blades of Glory is its surprising lack of humor targeted at homosexuals. Don't misread that sentence, for it's still present, mainly toward s the clean and slightly feminine Jimmy. But with homosexuality bearing a notable presence in the figure-skating world, it's nice to see the film not take the easy way out and go for the unfairly-achieved gold.Blades of Glory is about as good as a satire about figure-skating can be. The jokes are largely hit or miss, the performers are capable, if a tad uneven, and the direction by Speck and Gordon is at least efficient enough to take seriously. This isn't likely to go down in the books as a satire of epic proportions, but as far as slapstick, goofball comedies go, it's smart enough and snappy enough to show you a more earnest good time.Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Craig T. Nelson, William Fichtner, Jenna Fischer, and Romany Malco. Directed by: Will Speck and Josh Gordon.