BLADES OF GLORY

This is a superficially enjoyable comedy which is totally disposable, and so forgettable that it was only towards the end that I realised I had seen it before.

It’s about a couple of male figure skaters who are complete opposites and rivals but who out of desperation (both having been banned from singles competition) become a pair, because it turns out there’s nothing in the rule book that prohibits it.

One of the skaters is Will Ferrell, who is the only reason to watch this film. He plays a crude show-off who claims to suffer from sex-addiction (there‘s a funny scene when he attends a therapy class)

But his crassness is about the only joke we have here and it wears thin after a while.  

The other skater, played by Jon Heder, doesn’t bring much to the party comedy-wise.  Inevitably he and Ferrell get to bond over the course of the story, but the film makes no effort to make this plausible.

There's a rival pair of ruthless brother-and-sister skaters, played by Amy Poehler (of 'Parks and Recreation') and Will Arnett (of 'Arrested Development') whose comic talents are largely wasted.  They have a sister they bully (played by Jenna Fischer of 'The Office) who has a j=half-baked romance with Jon Heder's character.