Yeah, I know winter doesn't seem to be in any hurry to evacuate the premises (sorry New York), but that's no reason to avoid the hilarious ice capade that is Blades of Glory. It is 100% funny, and maybe that's just what we all need this week. And not just this week, last week, too, as it's selling out theaters nationwide. Take 1 male ice skater who's adopted "heavy metal" as his theme...
add a 2nd whose theme is more along the lines of Princess Peacock (quarter-sized sequins and all), and mix in comically devious competitors dressed as JFK and Marilyn (as well as pasty-faced, faux LV-clad gangstas) and you've got the ingredients for one fluffy souffle of silliness.
The set up is that Chazz, the Heavy Metal guy (funny man Will Ferrell), ties for the gold medal with Jimmy, Princess Peacock (Jon Heder), at some Olympics-like skateathon. When fisticuffs break out on the medals stand, they are banned from skating... until they come up with a scheme to skate as the first double-man pairs skating team. They fight, they pout, they (well Chazz) cat around, they are hilarious. As a pairs team, they are up against the unprincipled & louche champions, a brother and sister pair (Amy Poehler and Will Arnett), who scheme to knock the competition off the ice. As we say, hijinks ensue.
It's all very unbelieveable and very funny and sometimes gross and totally, totally worth your $11, just to enjoy 93 minutes of complete wackiness. You won't need to know much beyond a few minutes of watching ABC's Wide World of Sports sometime back in 1987 to get the skating jokes, but there are cameo appearances by several real, award-winning skaters (most hilariously, Sacha Cohen, who 2 years ago wore a costume designed by Zulema on season 2 of Project Runway) Will Ferrell steals the show, as he pretty much always does, and I promise you won't soon forget the sight of him dressed as "Fire" in the Olympic finale (see here for an idea).