One of Ferrell's worst... You've been warned.

Rating: 3/10 (28 October 2008)

I'm a big Will Ferrell fan. Anchorman is pure genius. Old School is great. Even Talladega Nights and Semi-Pro, while not brilliant, were well worth watching and had plenty of laughs. Somehow, Ferrell missed the mark with Blades of Glory.
Ferrell is the only one who manages to deliver any laughs in this movie and they are few and far between. Unless you have the mind of a 12-year-old, you'll quickly get over the homo-erotic humor of two guys figure skating together, and start looking for something more clever. Sadly, there isn't anything more clever going on here.
The constant bickering between Ferrell and Heder gets old fast. Heder was great in Napoleon Dynamite, but he doesn't have much to offer here. Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, both usually eccentric and hysterical, are given weak supporting roles as the "evil" reigning pairs champions. They're always trying to destroy their competition in any way possible, much like the bad guys in a stereotypical Disney movie.
A lot of Ferrell's incredible weirdness (which makes him great) fails to come through in this movie. Instead we're left with predictable, overused physical comedy and a tired sports-movie plot about overcoming adversity. I'm a little baffled by the 6.6 rating here on IMDb, as this is clearly Ferrell's weakest film.