Better than Talledega Nights, not as good as Anchorman

Rating: Null/10 (7 April 2007)

Blades of Glory(2007)
Starring: Will Ferrell as Chazz Michael Michaels Jon Heder as Jimmy MacElroy Will Arnett as Stranz Van Waldenberg Amy Poehler as Fairchild Van Waldenberg Jenna Fischer as Katie Van Waldenberg Craig T Nelson as Coach(ha!)
Plot: Two rival skaters get into a fight and cause some mayhem, so they're banned from men's figure skating. A loophole shows that they can re-enter as a two-male tandem, but to win the gold medal, they have to go through the Waldenberg siblings.
Will Ferrell is sort of a love him or hate him guy. While most people love the roles he's involved with, there are those who do not find him funny at all. The same can be said for Jon Heder. So putting them with a movie made a lot of sense, because lots of people love the both of them. I loved the idea, even if I'm not a huge Heder fan. Will Ferrell as a figure skater? I guarantee that's how the movie was pitched because that had me hooked.
Ferrell shined in his role(and not because of the shiny suit either), as he had lots of off-the-wall moments that are normally his style. His character was very Ron Burgundy-esquire which I guess says if it isn't broke don't fix it. He's funny again so it worked. The introspective videos shown about Chazz Michael Michaels were gold.("Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.")
Jon Heder as is less annoying here, and actually kind of funny. Good casting as the "pretty boy figure skater". The rest of the cast does their jobs well, especially Will Arnett, who says some odd things and kept me laughing.("Yeah, remember how they used to be alive?") Also, we have a Craig T Nelson sighting, and I'm sure someone knew what they were doing casting him as a character known as "Coach".
This movie does tend to waver as there are some moments where it tries to be funny and falls on it's face. The entire chase scene between Arnett and Ferrell was funny in some parts, but dragged. The romance story that was thrown in felt forced. It didn't really have a place in this movie. This was more about Chazz and Jimmy, and when those two are on screen together(or when Poehler and Arnett share the screen) it works. When they're not, it doesn't. So the two rival teams do have a lot of chemistry. One could say they have way too much chemistry, but that adds to the comedy factor(You'll see.)
Blades of Glory is funnier than Talledega Nights, but never reaches the status of Anchorman. It's funny, but it's not consistently funny, and when it's not funny, it is actually kind of boring. If you want a good laugh, wait until DVD.
Rating: *** of *****