Bit weird

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2007)

"Blades of Glory" is about 2 ice skaters, Chas Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder), two former ex-rivals who decide to team up as a duo when they are banned from individual events. Their ban came from a punch up that occurred on a podium after a heated competition several years back. MacElroy gets the idea from a stalker (one of the better characters in the movie who was way underused). He approaches Michaels who baulks at first but soon realises it's a chance for him to hit the big time again.
Not Ferrell's best work, but some OK jokes. The humour is much more warped and abstract than his normal stuff and is consequently very hit and miss. Heder doesn't bring much to his role, maybe an Owen Wilson or such could have brought more to the role.