Simply A Masterpiece

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Blades of Glory was an absolute thrill to watch. It takes some intelligence and care to pull off a great comedy and this film certainly does it. The story and direction was great to watch and the cast deliver some of their finest performances. Thoroughly enjoyed and a bit disappointed to see its low rating here on IMDb, guess some folks don't enjoy a big laugh. This film was some of last good films of Will Ferrell as lately his films are quite horrendous and over the top. Blades of glory doesn't try too hard to be funny and ends up hitting it out of the park. The two main cast members have big and different personalities and the film is littered with comedic gold. 8/10

Will Ferrell has always been hit or miss for me. He's great in Stepbrothers and A Night At the Roxbury but just painfully bad in films like Get Hard. Luckily Blades of Glory is the perfect fit for him and he shines alongside Jon Heder in this ridiculous figure skating comedy.The movie centers around a fictional figure skating culture where outrageous stars win the hearts of the audience with outlandish routines and acts. Will Ferrell plays the rock star figure skater who is forced to pair up with the classically trained Jon Heder in order to compete as the first ever male figure-skating pair after an incident forced them away from the singles scene. Opposite them is the sibling figure skate-match up of Amy Poehler and Will Arnett, each as funny and ridiculous as Ferrell and Heder. Blades of Glory works because it revels in its made up figure skating culture and playing to the actors and themes strengths without going completely overboard. It's no comedy for the ages, but it is a comedy good for a lot of laughs.

I really can't emphasise enough how much I love this film. I have watched it countless times and I still enjoy every second of it. It's funny, fast-paced, and incredibly quotable.With a lot of modern American comedies, I find that they focus a lot on slap-stick or toilet humour which I personally find dull and stupid. Now I'm not saying that this film is full of witty, clever jokes but, oh my god, it is SO funny. Blades of Glory is unpretentious with its jokes but it hits the nail on the head every time.The main thing is that the characters by themselves are funny. It's not just one humorous character surrounded by a bunch of normal people. Everyone is a laugh in their own way.The film is just pure fun, it's one of my favourite films, and I really believe it to be one of the best comedies ever made!

With Will Ferrel on the cast, one could have expected something more quirky. Blades of Glory turns out to be quite consensual, and you feel the absurdity characterizing Ferrel's movies should have been really pushed much further.Still, the movie is very dynamic with no overlong passages, and the plot unfolds smoothly. Of course, the story is very simple but entertaining, and the gags punctuate very well the events, even though they are not hilarious.Ferrel is good as always and the skating duo had a good chemistry. The direction is a bit off due to some cheap special effects, but this is also the charm of the movie.