A really dumb comedy, but something kept me watching to the end.

Rating: Null/10 (9 September 2007)

Honestly, I have found very few of Will Ferrell's roles enjoyable. He just isn't a comic actor that I like. Here he is brash and rude figure skater Chazz Michael Michaels. His main competition is played by Jon Heder, who I always seem to like in his various roles. In fact, he is one of the two characters I like here. He is Jimmy MacElroy, an orphan who was adopted so that his father could turn him into a champion figure skater.
The premise for the move begins when the two men get into a fight during the awards ceremony of a national competition where they tied for 1st place. As punishment, they were banned for life from individual competition. So they each went off and worked in menial jobs.
One day Craig T. Nelson as the old Coach sees a TV news report where the two get into a fight again, and visualizes them as skating partners. There is no rule against them making a comeback as a skating pair, so they are entered and begin training.
The bad guys turn out to be Will Arnett as Stranz Van Waldenberg and Amy Poehler as his sister Fairchild Van Waldenberg. (In real life they are husband and wife.) They are reigning National pairs champions, and they will do anything to win, including getting their sister, Jenna Fischer as Katie Van Waldenberg, to spy on Chazz and Jimmy, and later cause friction designed to break them up before the International competition.
While the movie has numerous funny scenes, overall I found it to be a pretty dumb movie. Hard to recommend, but if it is a free rental as I got, might be an enjoyable way to pass 90 minutes.