Not the most consistent comedy I've ever seen, but still a reasonably satisfying farce

Rating: 7/10 (22 September 2008)

I guess I first found out about this 2007 comedy while watching TV, either while it was playing in theatres or shortly before, and it seemed like a movie I would want to see, since I knew it starred comedian Will Ferrell, along with Jon Heder, who rocketed to fame with his starring role in the 2004 hit teen comedy, "Napoleon Dynamite", both of whom had previously made me laugh. However, it took me a while to get around to watching it, I don't know exactly why. It wasn't until the last time I went out to rent movies, just a couple days ago, when this was one of the films I picked out (knowing I wanted to beforehand), and while it wasn't as consistent as I could have possibly hoped for, I definitely laughed.
Sex-obsessed, arrogant Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) are two very talented figure skaters, but very different ones. Jimmy is very exact, whereas Chazz likes to improvise, and their personalities are very different as well. These two compete in men's singles skating and end up tied with the gold medal! Unfortunately, while on the medal platform, the two get into a fist fight, and as a result, they are stripped of their medals and banned from men's figure skating for life! Three and a half years later, they both have different jobs, and don't live the happiest lives, but Jimmy is informed that he has only been banned from singles skating, and can still participate in pair competitions! So, he goes to search for a partner, and he and his past rival soon meet again! After another fist fight, Jimmy's coach sees potential in the two, and manages to pair them up and begin to train them to be the first male/male figure skating pair! However, conflict between the two continues, and it doesn't help that two rivals, Stranz and Fairchild van Waldenberg, a champion figure skating pair, are willing to play mean tricks to ruin the male/male pair's hopes of winning!
You can be sure this is a silly comedy, crude at times (which is why it's rated PG-13), not that I'm complaining. My main complaint is that it's not as consistently funny as it could have been. Other than that, I don't have too many complaints. The fist fights (as well as some verbal conflict between the two lead characters), Chazz's job in the children's skating play, "Grublets on Ice", playing the "Evil Wizard," what he does when he appears in the play drunk one time, and Chazz calling Jimmy and singing his own rendition of Aerosmith's 1998 hit, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", in his umpteenth attempt to get him to call back, were all highlights for me when it comes to humour. The film is only occasionally hilarious, but when it's not, it's often still amusing, to varying degrees, and sometimes maybe not at all. Will Ferrell is usually humorous in the film (though his many haters would likely disagree), and Jon Heder provides laughs at times as well, playing a character that resembles his most famous one. The two main characters are both likable. Lastly, towards the end, the film gets exciting as it gets to the climax. So, if you're a fan of Will Ferrell and/or "Napoleon Dynamite", while "Blades of Glory" may not be a classic, you could easily still find yourself laughing.