Blades of Glory: Ferrell Does Figure Skating

I’ll admit it, I was dragged to go see Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby last summer, mostly because I am not interested in NASCAR. But thanks to Will Ferrell’s sheer comedic lunacy, I found myself laughing hysterically. After Talladega Nights, I’ll go see any comedy Will Ferrell is in, especially when it looks as funny as Blades of Glory.

Blades of Glory is a concept that really only Will Ferrell can get away with. He and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite himself) play divas of men’s figure skating who get into a fistfight on the podium and are then ousted from singles competition. They find a loophole that allows them to compete as the first mens’ team in pairs skating, much to the annoyance of pairs skaters (and real-life pair) Will Arnett and Amy Poehler. In an inspired bit, Craig T. Nelson’s character is only called “Coach.” Jenna Fischer from my favorite TV show, The Office, and William Fichtner, that guy who is in every movie but whose name you don’t quite know, round out the cast.

The world of competitive figure skating is overdue for the Will Ferrell treatment. Blades of Glory is Talladega Nights meets The Cutting Edge, and I can’t wait to SEE IT when it opens on March 30. (Official site)