National Lampoon's Van Wilder

MPAA Rating

Unrated

Theatrical Release Date

Apr 04, 2002

Genre(s)

• Teen
• Coming of Age
• Sex Comedies
• Parenthood
• Party Films
• Opposites Attract
• School Days
• National Lampoon

Rating (Stars)

Description

In a futile but ambitiously decadent attempt to revive the loony legacy of National Lampoon comedies, Van Wilder will make you laugh out loud, or vomit, or both. It's that kind of movie, in which the title character (played by sitcom survivor Ryan Reynolds) is the resident slacker of Coolidge College for seven years and running. Enjoying his party-animal supremacy and reluctant to fulfill his potential, he's got an idolizing assistant from India (Kal Penn, the movie's ethnic stereotype, desperate virgin, and comedic highlight), and a journalism major (Tara Reid) assigned to uncover the secret of Van's controlled anarchy. Unfortunately, the movie's more Down to You than Animal House, opting for familiar teen romance over campus shenanigans, despite an abundance of flatulence, diarrhea, sicko sex jokes, gratuitous nudity, and one gag (involving a bulldog) that's disgusting by any standard. Keg-fueled frat-rats will surely elevate Van Wilder to semiclassic status; all others are urged to proceed with caution. --Jeff Shannon

Director

NULL

Stars

• Curtis Armstrong
• Stacy Bellew
• Ivana Bozilovic
• Alex Burns
• Daniel Cosgrove

Running Time

94 minutes

Original Price

$14.98

Current Value

$3.45

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• NTSC
• 1.33:1