Utterly silly, OTT to the utmost and yet fun. This movie has no pretensions to anything but entertainment and I think it does a reasonable job of it.
For all those who like me have watched figure ice skating wondering what it was all about and found the whole sport preposterous and quite ridiculous, this will answer a few questions. More sequinned than Shirley Bassey’s wardrobe, this movie is camp and laugh out loud funny. A riot of ludicrous latex outfits and hairdos to make you giggle. I found Will Ferrell and John Heder a good team as rival skaters having to compete together in the never previously seen male/male skating pair to regain gold medals after being disqualified for conduct unbecoming of athletes.
Will Ferrell is his usual buoyant obnoxious self as “sex on ice” whilst Jon Heder plays a skating prodigy with no experience of life. The 2 behave like toddlers in this less than subtle comedy but somehow there is chemistry between the two. This is a spoof (there are some excellent lines and hilarious references to the world of professional sport) and a slapstick comedy at the same time. The computer graphics “enable” the actors to undertake some amazing daring moves on the ice.
It’s shiny and brash, and figure skating may seem even more boring after this movie, but it delivers a good dose of undemanding entertainment.
For all those who like me have watched figure ice skating wondering what it was all about and found the whole sport preposterous and quite ridiculous, this will answer a few questions. More sequinned than Shirley Bassey’s wardrobe, this movie is camp and laugh out loud funny. A riot of ludicrous latex outfits and hairdos to make you giggle. I found Will Ferrell and John Heder a good team as rival skaters having to compete together in the never previously seen male/male skating pair to regain gold medals after being disqualified for conduct unbecoming of athletes.
Will Ferrell is his usual buoyant obnoxious self as “sex on ice” whilst Jon Heder plays a skating prodigy with no experience of life. The 2 behave like toddlers in this less than subtle comedy but somehow there is chemistry between the two. This is a spoof (there are some excellent lines and hilarious references to the world of professional sport) and a slapstick comedy at the same time. The computer graphics “enable” the actors to undertake some amazing daring moves on the ice.
It’s shiny and brash, and figure skating may seem even more boring after this movie, but it delivers a good dose of undemanding entertainment.