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National Lampoon's Van Wilder

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National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)

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Reviews Counted:86

Fresh:16

Rotten:70

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: A derivative gross-out comedy that's short on laughs.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 5, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $4,208,429

Synopsis: Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds, ABC’s “Two Guys and a Girl”) might be starting his seventh year at Coolidge College, but graduation is the furthest thing from his mind. Armed with a personal assistant... Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds, ABC’s “Two Guys and a Girl”) might be starting his seventh year at Coolidge College, but graduation is the furthest thing from his mind. Armed with a personal assistant and a coterie of admirers, Van has reached the status of living legend on campus, throwing bashes that make geeks popular, raise money for charity and generally “inspire the uninspired.” But when Van’s father refuses to pay any more of his son’s tuition bills, Van must turn to party planning for profit in order to continue living in under-graduate bliss, thereby becoming the subject of an exposé by disapproving school journalist Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid, Josie and the Pussycats, American Pie). What begins as a clash of wills, however, soon leads to unexpected romance as Van and Gwen both realize they have a lot to learn from each other. The only problem: Gwen’s self-obsessed, frat house boyfriend, Richard, who’s determined, at any cost, to put a stop to Van’s rule as campus king. In the tradition of Ferris Beuller’s Day Off and Rushmore, Van Wilder: Party Liaison brings us an intrepid, visionary hero with the brains and the bravado to change school as we know it. Outrageous, irreverent and absolutely charming, this winning campus comedy is all about the burden of facing real life…and the freedom that comes from not taking it too seriously. -- © 2002 Artisan Entertainment [More]

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Daniel Cosgrove

Director: Walt Becker

Director: Walt Becker
Screenwriter: David Wagner, Brent Goldberg
Producer: Peter Abrams, Andrew Panay
Composer: David Lawrence
Studio: Artisan Entertainment

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10/02/02
FilmFour.com

Strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
09/09/02
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions, Walt Becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/09/02
Simon Wardell
Simon Wardell
BBC

Its gross-out gags and colorful set pieces... are of course stultifyingly contrived and too stylized by half. Still, it gets the job done -- a sleepy afternoon rental.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
09/09/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

What more can be expected from a college comedy that's target audience hasn't graduated from junior high school?

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
08/25/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

You'll likely hate yourself for laughing, but laugh you will.

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08/19/02
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
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N/R

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08/17/02
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N/R

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08/16/02
Alexander Walker
Alexander Walker
This is London

An uneven mix of National Lampoon-style high jinks (yes, it feels slightly dated) and Farrelly-brothers touches tossed in for gross measure.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Uncouth, unfunny and sloppily edited, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder is a mediocre college sex comedy ...

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
07/31/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

An unabashedly bad movie full of cliches, claptrap, fairly good rock 'n' roll and stomach-turning gross-out gags.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/02
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Quite funny for the type of movie it is...

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
07/09/02
Paul Salfen
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06/13/02
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

While grosser is often better, Van Wilder devises some truly nasty images and then wallows in them to ludicrous extremes that drain out all the humor

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
06/13/02
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

An effervescent campus gross-out comedy that’s true to the amoral, anarchic spirit of Lampoon founder-editor and screenwriter Doug Kenney.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/01/02
John Patterson
John Patterson
L.A. Weekly

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06/01/02
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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The most surprising thing about this film is that they are actually releasing it into theaters.

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05/31/02
David Poland
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05/30/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

I went in not wanting to like it, not wanting to laugh, and certainly not to give it any credence for being this generation's "Animal House." But it is, and it's funny.

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05/20/02
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Almost makes Wing Commander seem watchable.

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05/10/02
Matt Easterbrook
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