Blades of Glory (2007)
Directed by Josh Gordon
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.
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With all this in place, the script, by newcomers Jeff and Craig Cox, glides through the typical sports movie tropes with mixed success: the bitter rivalry, the training montage and of course the secret weapon - in this case a ridiculous feat of skatesmanship called the Iron Lotus (fans of that classic Rodney Dangerfield comedy "Back to School" will immediately recall the "Triple Lindy").
With its frilly, glittered unitards and grave disposition, figure skating is so close to self-parody that it doesn't take much to turn a film about the sport into uproarious comedy — just look at the accidentally hilarious drama "The Cutting Edge" (1992).
Ferrell plays alcoholic sex addict Chazz Michael Michaels, an über-macho cross between Jim Morrison, a taller, doughier Elvis Stojko and one of the Hanson brothers from "Slap Shot."
Will Ferrell, with those dots of eyes furrowed into mean slits, is Chazz Michael Michaels, Jimmy's butch counterpart a pudgy, cantankerous ruffian who skates with cowboy/bruiser/Saturday Night Fever moves that are, if anything, just a bit less ridiculous than Jimmy's peacock posing.
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Here are the people who populate the film: Will Arnett ( Arrested Development ), Amy Poehler ( Saturday Night Live Upright Citizens Brigade ), Jenna Fischer ( The Office ), Craig T. Nelson (um...he was good in The Incredibles ?) and cameos by Rob Corddry and Andy Richter.