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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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Gags about laxatives, projectile vomit, oversexed senior citizens and flatulent fat guys give the film all the zip and freshness of a lost Revenge of the Nerds sequel.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
04/14/02
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
eye WEEKLY

The persons who keep attempting to make the National Lampoon movies funny seem to be confused about the difference between gross-out comedy and inventive gross-out comedy.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/13/02
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

This is the kind of movie that Bluto, Otter, and the Delta House boys would have trashed a theater for showing.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
04/10/02
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Full of gross-out humor that is definitely disgusting but not at all that humorous.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
04/09/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

... 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 ...

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
04/08/02
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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It's just more of the same.

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04/08/02
Jim Lane
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04/08/02
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

Bluto Blutarsky, we miss you.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
04/07/02
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

National Lampoon's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House, but it more closely resembles this year's version of Tomcats.

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04/06/02
Dustin Putman
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04/06/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
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Occasionally a joke hits its target, but that can be explained by the law of averages.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
04/05/02
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks, college flicks, or even flicks in general. It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/05/02
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

A beery, boisterous guilty pleasure.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
04/05/02
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

Execrable.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/05/02
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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While not for every taste, this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise, too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/05/02
Steve Simels
Steve Simels
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Imagine Animal House with the unfunny Chevy Chase in the lead, instead of either Matheson, John Belushi or Tom Hulce, and you've pretty much nailed the biggest problem with this evil incarnation.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/05/02
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Every gag feels forced and uninspired, every plot turn formulaic.

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04/05/02
Todd Anthony
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