The week's pleasant surprise was finding myself chuckling and occasionally laughing out loud at Blades of Glory.
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04/14/07
Blades of Glory (2007)
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Reviews Counted:178
Fresh:122
Rotten:56
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:06-04-2007
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
Reviews for Blades of Glory
There is a steady stream of laughs and narrative interest. Blades isn't quite as funny as Zoolander or Dodgeball, but it deserves a solid score from the judges.
04/07/07
Top CriticI can't remember a time when I have laughed so long and hard at a decapitation gag.
04/07/07
Top CriticFormula rules, as Ferrell applies his schtick to another sport. But there’s enough silly spectacle and eye-popping costumes to compensate.
04/06/07
Top CriticHilarious comedy with superb comic performances from Heder and Ferrell and some impressive digital trickery during the ice skating scenes.
04/05/07
Personable enough, though genuine belly laughs are in short supply.
04/05/07
Top CriticTogether, though, [Ferrell and Heder] strike enough sparks to earn a 5.8 for artistic interpretation and a 6.0 for effort.
04/03/07
Top CriticThe script is sharp and fast, and almost keeps up with the hilarious cast.
03/29/07
Thin, monotonous
08/27/09
No guts and no glory, and not much in the way of comedy, either.
04/23/09
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
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