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Van Wilder (2002) Rank 2 Reviews
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The Boston Phoenix
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Cinema 2000 (João Lopes)
Xi-online (Peter Oosterman)
Movie Habit (Heather Wadowski)
As splendid as Reynolds is, Tara Reid is drab and emotionless as the reporter who supposedly (it’s implied, but her performance makes it hard to see) falls in love with Van. Reid shows little change from her character in the American Pie movies ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Movie Habit (Heather Wadowski)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
For a movie that is almost entirely set at keggers, it's surprisingly entertaining. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
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 ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Boston Globe (Loren King)
[Reynold's] boyish, sweet-natured comic appeal makes ''Van Wilder'' better than it has a right to be. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Boston Globe (Loren King)
San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
A beery, boisterous guilty pleasure. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
Citysearch (Michael Phillips)
For each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses, many coming from the amazingly lifelike Tara Reid, whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Citysearch (Michael Phillips)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House , but it more closely resembles this year's version of Tomcats . ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Unofficially, National Lampoon's Van Wilder is Son of Animal House . Officially, it is twice as bestial but half as funny. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
In 1978, a movie called Animal House hit theaters and quickly became the college student's Bible. The film not only withstood the test of time as one of the funniest comedies ever made, but also gave birth to the National Lampoon franchise. Now, over ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
The Movie Chicks
Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is not just a college hanger-on. He has spent his days (going on seven years) at Coolidge College in a very productive, philanthropic manor. Ok, it might look like frivolous partying but he's doing it for a good cause. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at The Movie Chicks
The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
Comparisons to Animal House are inevitable, and justly so. That film has become the embodiment of an entire culture, a guidebook by which brainless (and brained) college men live their twenties. Van Wilder is not as ambitious as Animal House, but can be ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Van Wilder has a few quick breast shots, some drugs use and several references to the size of his dogs testicles but it really seems modest considering it's subject matter. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Okay, so they're small laughs. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
When it comes to collegiate humor, nobody goes lowbrow like our friends at the Lampoon. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
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. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
You'll likely hate yourself for laughing, but laugh you will. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Compare it to the recent Cameron Diaz-starring disaster The Sweetest Thing and you'll reckon it deserves an Oscar. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (Harry Guerin)
Boxoffice Magazine (Tim Cogshell)
This a movie wherein Tara Reid plays the 'smart girl' -- that alone has got to be worth the price of a ticket. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Tim Cogshell)
Dallas Morning News (Gary Dowell)
The only thing keeping it from being a complete waste of time is the charismatic performance of Mr. Reynolds. ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Dallas Morning News (Gary Dowell)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
For the purposes of this review, I chose to watch the unrated version of National Lampoon's Van Wilder because it's probably the version most people will opt to watch now that it's on video. Boy, did I make a mistake. I've seen quite a bit of toilet humo ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Steve Rhodes
It's no job at the local pizza parlor for Van. With his Tony Robbins persona, Van figures out entrepreneurial ways to generate cash. His first and funniest scheme is to hire out busty young women to be "topless tutors." With the answers written like ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Steve Rhodes
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder is yet another comedy that isn't all that funny. It's packed with hundreds of so-called jokes, but few of them are able to elicit anything other than groans. Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is the big man on campus at his ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)
Again, it could all just be me. Maybe I’ve outgrown National Lampoon. Or maybe National Lampoon has just outlived its usefulness. Van Wilder runs 92 minutes, which is about an hour and a half too long. Don’t bother staying around for ...read the complete Van Wilder movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)
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