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Mood:
Humorous
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Buddies Coming of Age College Life Student Life Lifestyle Youth Opposites Attract Parents and Children more...
Genres:
Comedy
Time/Period:
Contemporary 21st Century
Place:
USA College
Audience:
Teens
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Grossout Humor Silly Humor
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Drugs/Alcohol Strong Sexual Content

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National Lampoon's Van Wilder, 2002

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid

Directed by: Walt Becker

Written by: David Wagner

Language: English

Country: Germany, USA

Runtime: 92 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.1

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Profile of National Lampoon's Van Wilder

The mood of National Lampoon's Van Wilder is humorous. The plot centers around college life, coming of age, and buddies. It features grossout humor and silly humor. National Lampoon's Van Wilder is a comedy movie. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. The setting is the USA. National Lampoon's Van Wilder happens in contemporary times. It is especially suggested for teens. Note that it includes strong sexual content and drugs/alcohol.

Summary of National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is a college stud who is in no rush to finish his coursework and graduate. In fact, after six years of partying his way through Coolidge College, his parents have decided to stop paying his tuition, but Van Wilder isn't worried--he just needs to find a way to pay it himself and keep the fun coming. His fundraising ideas include a topless tutorial service and other raunchy schemes, which only help add to Van's "Big Man on Campus" status.

A romance develops between Van and Gwen (Tara Reid), who is writing an investigative piece on Van for the school newspaper. Through his exploits, Van eventually begins to turn over a new leaf, and finally grow up. But not before there are plenty of opportunities for the kind of gross-out humor that teen flicks like THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and AMERICAN PIE have made so popular in recent years. The main set piece here involves dog semen injected into eclairs. While this is not exactly highbrow fare, teen audiences who are not too squeamish will enjoy this bawdy college romp.

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Language:	English
Country:	Germany, USA
Release date:	5 April 2002
Runtime:	92 min

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Ryan Reynolds

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Tara Reid

as Gwen Pearson

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TV Guide

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. Full Review

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by: Steve Simels

Chicago Tribune

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

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by: Michael Wilmington

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Mildly enjoyable campus raunch comedy reminiscent of 80s debauchery flicks. These kinds of movies are always as fun as you will allow them to be; unfortunately, it's already been done so many times before that you will know everything that is going... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
sethdellinger rated this movie0/10

I expected much more from this movie than I got - it was lame and unoriginal. I'm looking forward to the day when Hollywood realises that we are not stupid and can spot these cobbled-together cliches a mile off... Read and rate it

19.March.2009
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by: Tygger2512
Tygger2512 rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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