Blades of Glory (2007)
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
- Will Speck
- Josh Gordon
- Peter Kohn
- Gary Fiorelli
- Sheila Waldron
- Doug Coleman
- Timothy R. Price
- Jeff Cox
- Dave Krinsky
- John Altschuler
- Busy Philipps
- Craig Cox
- Jeff Cox
- Craig Cox
Rating: 6.1/10 by 1735 users
Alternative Title:
Les rois du patin - FR
Лезвия славы - RU
Escorregando para a Glória - BR
영광의 날 - KR
A Glória dos Campeões - PT
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 33 minutes
Budget: $53,000,000
Revenue: $118,200,000
Plot Keyword: sports, competition, olympic games, rivalry, figure skating, ice skating, frenemies, siblings
Frustrating watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend. This might be one of the stupidest movie concepts I've ever watched. Not to mention its routed slightly in homophobia which seems like they're doubling down on a problem that men's figure skating is already dealing with. I'm not into skating, but I can't imagine anyone who is into skating is going to be excited or enjoy the jokes at their expense, so I'm a little lost at who the audience is for this unless it's "people that hate figure skating" and I don't see them watching a figure skating movie. A lot of the jokes just fall flat, and it's not like they don't know who to structure jokes throughout the story: the villains actually have a well constructed arc, just not a great quality to it. The characters are mostly unlikable and chaotic, the movie is literally telling them to stop it for half the movie, and by the time it stops I don't care what the characters do until the end. The best bit was the romantic story arc which was heavily polluted by the rest of the story.
I really thought this movie would be horrible. It was actually a funny and entertaining movie. I swear Will Ferrell can make anything funny. He's one of my favorite actors.
