National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Party Liaison) (2002)
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 88
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 72
A derivative gross-out comedy that's short on laughs.
Average Rating: 2.9/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 21
A derivative gross-out comedy that's short on laughs.
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The "National Lampoon" franchise is resurrected for another politically incorrect collegiate romp with this R-rated gross-out sex comedy. National Lampoon's Van Wilder revolves around the exploits of its title character (Ryan Reynolds), a seventh-year senior who's made it his goal in life to help each and every Coolidge College undergrad succeed in life -- or at least in bed. Van's charmed life seems to have an expiration date, however; his father (Tim Matheson) has cut off his presumably vast
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Cast
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Ryan Reynolds
Van Wilder -
Tara Reid
Gwen Pearson -
Tim Matheson
Vance Wilder Sr. -
Kal Penn
Taj Mahal Badalandabad -
Daniel Cosgrove
Richard Bagg -
Deon Richmond
Mini Cochran -
Emily Rutherfurd
Jeannie -
Curtis Armstrong
Campus Cop -
Joyce Brothers
Herself -
Erik Estrada
Himself -
Paul Gleason
Professor McDoogle -
Edie McClurg
Campus Tour Guide -
Kim Smith
Casey -
Sophia Bush
Sally -
Michelle Thomas
Sherri -
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All Critics (102) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (73) | DVD (25)
An uneven mix of National Lampoon-style high jinks (yes, it feels slightly dated) and Farrelly-brothers touches tossed in for gross measure.
Top CriticAn unabashedly bad movie full of cliches, claptrap, fairly good rock 'n' roll and stomach-turning gross-out gags.
... Tara Reid plays a college journalist, but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant, so I don't know what she's doing in here ...
Execrable.
The grossest, most disgusting humor imaginable.
Rude, crude, obnoxious, disgusting, and unfunny...
I know it's harder to write good jokes than it is rotten ones, but based on what's displayed here, it doesn't seem like the effort was even made.
...I will admit to having chuckled at an Erik Estrada cameo...
Compare it to the recent Cameron Diaz-starring disaster The Sweetest Thing and you'll reckon it deserves an Oscar.
...Mainly a collection of dumb sight gags, gross-out jokes, and comic sex, with a dull-as-dishwater premise and a spotty cast list.
While Van Wilder may not be the worst National Lampoon film, it's far from being this generation's Animal House.
Audience Reviews for National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Party Liaison)
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- Richard Bagg: Damn it, Gwen, pick it up. I know you're there. You know I have my Northwestern interview next week. Look, I need you to help me 'release'... some pressure. You know, help me 'relax.' Just so we're clear, I'm talking about intercourse. I know you had a fling with Wilder. And it's okay. You just had to get it out of your system. I just hope you used some protection. And I wouldn't want our future children to be tainted because Mommy went slumming one night back in college.
- Gwen Pearson: Why don't you go 'release' your own pressure? And just so we're clear, I'm telling you to go fuck yourself!
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- Van Wilder: you shouldn't take life too seriously. you'll never make it out alive
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- National Lampoon's Van Wilder (DE)
- Van Wilder: Party Liaison (UK)
