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Blades of Glory (2007) -- In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
Blades of Glory (2007) -- Behind The Scenes: Ferrell And Heder Practice Routine
Blades of Glory (2007) -- Interview:  Ben Stiller On Wanting To Do A Skating Movie
Blades of Glory (2007) -- In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
Blades of Glory (2007) -- In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   47,985 votes
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Directors:
Writers (WGA):
Jeff Cox (screenplay) &
Craig Cox (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
30 March 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Kick Some Ice
Plot:
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team. full summary | full synopsis
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3 wins & 10 nominations more
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This film actually warrants a sequel! more (231 total)

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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image and some drug references.
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USA:93 min
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Trivia:
The "loophole" at the center of the movie does not actually exist. International Skating Union regulations state that a pair team on the senior (Olympic) level is made up of a man and a lady (note that "lady" is the official terminology for a female skater). more
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Continuity: When Will Ferrell (Chazz) goes to see Jenna Fischer (Katie) in the hotel room, the door behind him goes from open to closed to open again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Darren MacElroy: [watching a young Jimmy skate at an orphanage] I'll take him.
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Referenced in Semi-Pro (2008) more
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62 out of 88 people found the following comment useful.
This film actually warrants a sequel!, 6 April 2007
8/10
Author: Rogue-32 from L A.

From the very first second I laid eyes on the absolutely hilarious poster for this film, in my neighborhood multiplex a few months ago, I knew with extreme certainty that I'd be seeing it the very first week it opened. Caught it on Wednesday and I'm here to say the movie most definitely delivers on the promise of the poster, big time.

Jon Heder finally gets a role he can have some fun with for a change (which hasn't really happened since Napoleon Dynamite), and he's superbly cast as the sheltered and phobic Jimmy MacElroy, the perfect foil for Ferrell's sex machine on skates, Chazz Michael Michaels. Ferrell is fast becoming more and more adept at portraying genuine characters in his movies, not merely hollow caricatures, and he is clearly in his element here.

The beginning of the movie, the set-up, is wonderfully written, and the over-the-top tone that's established in these opening scenes is successfully carried throughout. The energy level stays high, the plot never gets tedious or bogged down, and, best of all, the routines that the two of them perform together as partners are truly hilarious and original. I was left wanting more, and that speaks volumes.

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