Two rival Olympic figure skaters are stripped of their medals and banned from the sport after a nasty brawl at the World Championships. After years of obscurity, the two men put aside their differences and exploit a loophole that allows them to compete in the pairs figure skating category.

"Blades Of Glory" can best be described as 'a Will Ferrell vehicle'. Ferrell plays the swaggering rebel-on-ice Chazz Michael Michaels, a male figure-skater known for his provocative moves and a penchant for over-the-top sexual innuendoes. He is considered the porn star of figure-skating who takes the sport to a level 'that's hot enough to melt the ice'. It is Ferrell who rules not just the ring on the screen, but the movie as well.

It's easy to understand why "Blades Of Glory" topped the US movie charts in its first few days of release. Ferrell has a following that's hard to topple and Americans can appreciate his take on humour although over here in Malaysia, it may just be interpreted as an idiotic mess. It's not necessarily bad but you have to genuinely want to be entertained to enjoy a comedy like this. Expecting to be impressed is a ridiculous sentiment. Forget the 'cerebral analysis on the leverage of celluloid impact' because it's no rocket science. It's just comedy, folks. All you need to bring with you is an open mind and a liberal sense of humour.

Chazz is the rival to child skating prodigy Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). Rigorously trained since young, Jimmy is an athlete of technical accuracy and graceful showmanship. Although they are complete opposites, both actors (Ferrell and Heder) display great teamwork on screen. I was surprised to hear, on the way out of the screening, one man saying to another, "Those two (Ferrell and Heder) definitely have great chemistry." And they walked away giggling at whatever remnants of the movie that managed to stick to their minds.

So it wasn't so bad after all.

Both Chazz and Jimmy are stripped of their medals and banned from the sport for life when they flouted a rule at the World Championships. However, a few years later, a loophole in the rule book was discovered and the unlikely pair team up to be the first men's pair figure-skating team.

Heder fits the puzzle very nicely and he's a great addition to the movie. More fondly remembered for his breakthrough performance in 2004's "Napoleon Dynamite" (for which he won numerous awards), Heder has taken a step back in his career, opting for the low-key approach to stardom. Acting alongside a comedy giant like Ferrell, Heder seems to drown in the shadows, making the two look more like a 'hero and sidekick' duo instead of an on-screen competitive team. However, the partnership works!

"Blades Of Glory" certainly has its inadequacies. The storyline is weak but the stars managed to take it at their stride. If it weren't for their star power and comic competency, the film would have crumbled to ashes. Ben Stiller is the producer for this movie after buying the script for his company, Red Hour Films. It is apparent that Stiller still has a knack for great comedies.

As a line from the movie goes, "Can figure-skating get any more gay-er?"

Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) are rival world-class men's single ice skaters. At the World Championships, the rivals tie for the gold medal and end up fighting each other and setting the Games' mascot on fire. As a result, both are disqualified from the men's singles skating competitions for the rest of their lives.

Fast forward to three and a half years after their disqualification and we see Chazz working as an evil wizard in a children's show-on-ice while Jimmy works as a shop assistant in a skate supply shop. They then discover a loop hole that will allow them to skate once more. Fate draws the two together again and, united only by their love for the sport, they decide to pair up in a never-been-done before dual male pair skating item. Only one small glitch remains in this arrangement: the pair has to put aside their outright distaste for each other and begin enjoying working together once more.

Perhaps easier said than done but the two guys eventually go on to qualify for the finals in Montreal. Their coach introduces an unusual routine believing that it will guarantee the gold. Meanwhile on the sidelines, a romance is blossoming between Jimmy and the sister of the pair's closest rival, much to the delight of the rival who plans to make use of the sister's romance to foil the male pair's performance.

The entwining romance and quest for sports gold give rise to many unbelievable and CGI-aided scenes, yet remaining completely hilarious. No matter how incredulous you just find yourself laughing along.

If you are expecting a male ice-skating comedy to be all about over-the-top crotch references, you'll get exactly what you expect. Throw in cameos from the industry such as Scott Hamilton and Nancy Kerrigan who provide the only real link to ice skating while the rest of the story spins around the sport, makes this a high-speed winner.

The movie is a good stress-reliever and makes a great comedy for those who laugh easily. Don't try to put too much logic in understanding the script and the camera tricks. Simply hang loose and let the movie take you on a ride.