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Mood:
- Humorous
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Plot:
- Contests and CompetitionsAmbitionRivalryFriendsAthlete's LifeGoofy HeroUnderdogEgo Clash more...
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Genres:
- ComedyHollywood ToneSport
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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Audience:
- Teens
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Praise:
- Award WinnerBlockbuster
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Humor:
- FarceSlapstickSilly Humor
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- Not SeriousRealistic
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Blades of Glory, 2007
English, Japanese
USA
Profile of Blades of Glory
The mood of Blades of Glory is humorous. The plot centers around contests and competitions, ambition, and friends. It features slapstick humor and farce. Blades of Glory is a comedy and sports movie. Stylistically, it has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Blades of Glory is set in the USA. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being a blockbuster and an award winner. Blades of Glory is especially suggested for teens. Note that it includes drugs/alcohol and profanity.
Summary of Blades of Glory
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, BLADES OF GLORY. Rival skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) begrudgingly set out to attempt a historical comeback in the pair-skating program after being banned in the men's figure skating category after an unsportsmanlike scuffle. MacElroy's former coach (Craig T. Nelson) provides them with the tough-love coaching they so desperately need. Despite their absurdity, the duo aren't previous award winners for nothing, and their combined talent threatens the position of fellow American skating champions--brother and sister pair-skating team Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg, who are played by real-life husband and wife Will Arnett (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) and Amy Poehler (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE). But while Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg may turn on the charm for their adoring public, they reveal their true colors as they connive to sabotage Michaels and MacElroy in their efforts to regain the championship.
Ferrell's turn as the loud-talking, ego-swelling, hard-partying sex-addict skater is an abrasive and shrilling contrast to Heder's innocent, cherub-faced prodigal son. Poehler and Arnett are splendid as the biting antagonists, and demonstrate a masterful understanding of how to portray characters full of spite and self-indulgence. BLADES OF GLORY is full of gut-busting wisecracks and painfully funny imagery, and will undoubtedly leave fans hoping that Ferrell and Heder will team up again for more hilarity and outlandish entertainment.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 March 2007 |
| Runtime: | 93 min |
Cast and Crew
as Chazz Michael Michaels
as Jimmy MacElroy
as Fairchild Van Waldenberg
as Stranz Van Waldenberg
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Phillips
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Scott Tobias
Users Reviews
- 21.January.2011
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- by: chrissnave
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- 23.March.2009
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- by: prozac pop
- prozac pop rated this movie6/10Okay
