Perhaps nowhere in sports is the marriage of athleticism and grace more evident than in the arena of world champion pairs figure skating--the lifts, the jumps, the routines. It⿿s an elegant world, a rarefied universe, a noble place populated by the crème de la crème of skating elite. Well, it used to be. When the macho, swaggering Chazz Michael Michaels takes to the rink, he is the rock star of the arena, leaving a trail of thrashed ice and shrieking female fans in his wake. The only competitor who can match Michaels⿿ scores is the driven former child prodigy, Jimmy MacElroy. Spotted as a youth executing triple lutzes on the frozen pond of an orphanage, MacElroy was whisked away to days of endless training, and now stands as the picture of poise, the personification of the highest ideals of the men⿿s sport. Michaels and MacElroy have met in finals rounds before, but their latest head-to-head at the World Championships--when they tie for first--is more than either one can bear, and their longstanding rivalry erupts into a no-holds-barred fight. The ensuing brawl not only sets fire to the World Championship⿿s helpless mascot, but lands both athletes in hot water: Chazz and Jimmy are called before the sport⿿s governing board, stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years later, both men are still trying to find their way in a world without competitive skating. Michaels has devolved into a drunken party machine, skating as a costumed evil wizard in a kiddie ice review, and MacElroy has been banished to the shoe department of a chain sporting goods store. But then, inspiration (in the form of an over-friendly, former stalker of Jimmy⿿s) strikes, and a loophole emerges. To skate again, all Chazz and Jimmy have to do is set aside their long festering hatred of one another and join forces--as the first male/male figure skating pair to compete in the history of the sport.
Production Status: Released
Genres: Comedy and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.
Release Date: March 30th, 2007 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image, and some
drug references.
Distributors: Paramount Pictures
Production Co.: Red Hour Films, Smart Entertainment
Studios:DreamWorks SKG
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California USA, Montreal, Quebec Canada
Produced in: United States
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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I found this movie funny at parts but at the same time incredibly disappointing. The humor was much more crude than I had anticipated and the movie left me feeling as if my money could have been better spent. Granted Will Ferrell movies are ridiculous but this one got somewhat out of hand especially with the very end. I don't recommend this movie unless you want to watch a low par movie for some low par humor at about 1 in the morning.
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