Ferrell & Heder Kick Ice - Farrelly-ian comedy the best of its kind since "Kingpin"

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2007)

BLADES OF GLORY (2007) ** Â½ Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson, William Fichtner, Nick Swarsdon, Andy Richter, Rob Corddry, William Daniels (Cameos, as themselves: Scott Hamilton, Jim Lampley, Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Dorothy Hamill) Frequently funny comedy spoofing world champion figure skating pitting arch rival men's skaters Ferrell and Heder into a compromising position when they are ousted as individual competition, forcing them to become a male partner pairing with a decent blend of slapstick, homophobic parodying and a game cast of comic actors making up for the somewhat one-note script by Jeff & Craig Cox, coming off as Farrelly Brothers lite. (Dirs: Josh Gordon & Will Speck)