Starring Jon Heder as Jimmy and Will Ferrell as Chaz, they are rival individual figure skaters who gets into a fight and are stripped of their gold medals. They have to go get terrible jobs, but a superfan discovers that they are still eligible to compete as Pairs figure skaters. Two men in an event traditionally done by a man and a woman.
A bit of a spoof (Karate Kid, Rocky) but a lot of originality with cameos by Olympic figure skaters, good stunts and a slightly homoerotic vibe. Maybe that would not fly as well now, but it was still funny. Laugh out loud in some points - a rare occurence these days.
Co-written by Busy Phillips, there a strong resemblance to Pitch Perfect (2010) which she was also involved in.
* * * * * (highest!)
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