No guts and no glory, and not much in the way of comedy, either.
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04/23/09
Blades of Glory (2007)
69 %
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Reviews Counted: 177
Fresh: 122
Rotten:55
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus: With a talented cast, Blades of Glory successfully milks its one-joke premise into a feature-length comedy.
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $118,153,533
Synopsis: Two comedic heavy hitters, Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY) and Jon Heder (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), join forces to push the boundaries of slapstick with their ice-skating farce,... [More]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
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Reviews for Blades of Glory
This really shouldn't have taken five writers and two directors, especially considering the splendor costume designer Julie Weiss achieves all by herself. But it's not bad for such a thoroughly unitarded concept.
08/07/08
Blades of Glory doesn't get the gold, in fact, I think they just miss out on the bronze.
03/03/08
Great fun!
09/28/07
I can't imagine what circumstances would lead me to watch the film, in its entirety, a second time. But I'm glad I saw it once.
09/20/07
...humorous fluff at best but formulaic and predictable.
08/27/07
Sketch comedy stretched to its maximum length, and while it's good fun, like that big dumb goof in every high school class, it comes oh-so-close to wearing out its welcome.
08/25/07
A no harm-no foul feelgood flick where everybody gets an 11th hour dispensation since Jimmy was really straight all along.
08/25/07
A painless if unremarkable night out, lifted considerably by the over-the-top skating sequences.
07/23/07
Ferrell doesn't need a great script or direction to be funny. The man just is funny.
07/14/07
Slight, but amusing vulgar comedy.
07/02/07
Blades of Glory is funny, and that's all that matters.
06/25/07
The result proves sadly under-choreographed. And choreography is everything in a film that leans as heavily on slapstick as this one.
06/23/07
na tankom ledu
06/22/07
this wacky comedy simply glides over the ice, never falling in the cracks or tumbling off course. Heder plays the angelic-faced blonde-mopped former child protégée ... and Ferrell is the sex addicted Tsunami of Swagger, thrown unwillingly together.
06/15/07
It's silly and fun with real figure skating personalities involved... they add a bonus dimension to the jokes (like throwing in a double toe-loop after landing a triple axle).
05/28/07
l'enjouement et la constance avec lesquelles cette connerie nous ait déblatérée la rendent désopilante pour les bonnes raisons
05/19/07
We'll keep tolerating Ferrell as long as he throws in a 'Stranger Than Fiction' or 'Elf' every now and again.
05/08/07
An elongated comedy sketch, without any depth or development.
05/07/07
Exceeded my very low expectations...Despite the dry spells between genuine laughs, the movie feels over and done with, but doesn't really leave you wanting more. It's just right, and just a little flat.
05/06/07
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