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Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:3
Rotten:39
Average Rating:2.7/10
Consensus: A low-brow comedy, minus the comedy.
Theatrical Release:Dec 1, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $3,833,762
Synopsis: The legacy of perpetual college party-man Van Wilder lives on in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ, as his former apprentice Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn) takes the torch to... [More]
Starring: Anthony Cozens, Kal Penn, Holly Davidson, Daniel Percival
Director: Mort Nathan
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11/20/08
In an askew way, Rise of Taj is a better film than Van Wilder, but when encountering cinematic crap on this level, it's hard to clearly distinguish the taste anymore.
12/01/06
Some movies are Hollywood's version of littering: Like half-eaten pizzas or rancid burgers, these flicks are tossed aside to rot in empty cinemas.
12/04/06
Before a schmaltzy, earnest ending, Taj manages to score with exactly one decent joke. It's about British colonialism, it's in the trailer and you can see it on the Internet for free.
12/04/06
prefers to dwell in deep direct-to-DVD juvenility.
03/27/07
As the nerd sidekick to campus wildman Ryan Reynolds in the original film, Penn projected a geeky charm, but he's not equipped to play the lead in a well-constructed movie, let alone salvage this stunningly mediocre chain of skits.
12/01/06
The four-years-in-the-making, badly recycled (not to mention awful) sequel might stain the honor of the Lampoon label if it hadn't already produced several even worse films.
12/04/06
Top CriticI have had knee-shaking, äss-skewering hemorrhoids that were funnier than this so-called comedy.
12/01/06
Rather than pushing the envelope, the movie draws pictures of boobies on the envelope and tries to pass that off as comedy.
11/30/06
Crikey, it's enough to give even stupid comedy a bad name.
12/04/06
Top CriticTaj plays like a very bad combination of Revenge of the Nerds and Harry Potter.
12/04/06
Top CriticThis is the sort of film that thinks calling a beer a 'libation' is a form of wit.
12/01/06
Van Wilder 2's sense of numbing familiarity is not enhanced by director Mort Nathan's apparent unfamiliarity with the entire filmmaking process.
12/04/06
Top CriticBritain and India face off in National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, a strained attempt to transplant the American campus comedy to more uptight shores.
12/04/06
Top CriticPenn isn't quite as charming here as he was in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, but he has a lot less to work with.
12/01/06
...original star Ryan Reynolds wisely took a pass on coming back for more...
12/10/06
In this sequel to the 2002 campus comedy, Kal Penn spends much of the running time acting like Wilder I star Ryan Reynolds, which no actor with half a brain should be doing.
12/01/06
At one point I tried to force myself to fall asleep, just so I wouldn't have to sit through any more of it.
11/30/06
From haphazard editing to clueless cinematography to godawful acting to gaping plot holes to zero laughs to low production values, this sorry sequel has all the earmarks of your classic 'take the money and run' ripoff.
12/25/06
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