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Summary: They sure crammed a lot of suck into this one.
Review: Lack of funny does not mean funny, and this movie is a perfect example. It's called a comedy, but there aren't any jokes. I know that they tried to write jokes, but if they don't make people laugh, they aren't jokes.Here's the plot: the guy from Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, better known for his performance in Two Guys and a Girl, becomes a party planner to pay for college. Not Tupper Ware parties or Amway Meetings, but crazy wild college parties. And by "crazy wild" I mean not at all funny. There's this one actress in it and all she does is show her breasts. She's made an entire career out of showing her breasts. She was in that one movie with the breasts, the other one where you could see her boobs, and that third one in the locker room. Here she makes her best performance yet where she speaks while showing her breasts. Now that's multi-tasking! Catch her in her next role as the girl in the commercial for the upper-lip hair removal cream. In between the sex jokes and the other sex jokes, there's a love story. A love story that I don't care about and neither should you. This movie was terrible and I'm glad I didn't pay for it. I remember when National Lampoon's before a movie was a good thing, not any more.
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Summary: One Van Wilder Isn't Enough'Write That Down'
Review: At first sight I thought this was just another one'maybe it is'like American Pie, Slackers, Road Trip ect... I loved Van Wilder. It's defiantly different and unique. Ryan Reynolds is simply amazing. I don't think I've seen any other of his movies, except for the small part in Dick. Without Kal Penn, as Taj, Van Wilder would've been nothing. Foreign exchange students always make all the difference. Daniel Cosgrove as Richard, who also plays Bill on Guiding Light impressed me by being in this movie, with this amazing cast. I don't usually like Tara Reid, this time she was worth watching. She was the only 'regular-normal' person of them all. Mind you, it's just in acting, and only in Van Wilder. I watched Van Wilder 3 times, one after the other. I just couldn't get enough. So the bonuses came in handy. There was a whole other DVD full of additional stuff, deleted scenes, interviews, and all kinds of VW specials. The menu it's self was defiantly different. As my brother said, 'Once you see the VW menu you, you know the movie is good.' And another bonus, the soundtrack rocks, get it.
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Summary: Not as bad as I expected
Review: This movie is definitely not a masterpiece and it has its share of stupid, toilet humor kind of jokes. But if you will be able to put all this stuff aside what's left is nice, light romantic comedy. Good acting by Ryan Reynolds (playing a guy that so used to life at the campus he doesn't want to graduate). Even Tara Reid is adequate. You can enjoy this movie if you don't expect much from it.
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Summary: That Poor Dog
Review: I wish my college days were as interesting as Van Wilder's were. Since they weren't, I have to rely on this movie to remind me that some people have the ability to be quite extreme, even if it's just fiction. This movie walks the fine line between decent comedy and crude humor. Sometimes it lingers a little too long on the crude humor side, like an entire sequence involving a dog, some eclairs, and the Delta Iota Kappa Fraternity. Even though I've been told they used creamed honey, that scene still makes me gag. There are a few truely funny moments, like Taj's interview for Van Wilder's personal assistant, Sick Boy, the ice hockey challenge between Van and Gwen, and the running feud between McDougal's car and Wilder's golf cart. However, there are also equally disturbing moments like the eclair scene I mentioned, Richard's Northwestern interview, and Wilder's talk with the woman in charge of tuition payments. Overall this isn't a bad movie if you don't mind some crude humor. Despite being a comedy there's a secondary plot that involves Van and a serious desire to not grow up, which you watch develop through the movie. It's one of those park your brain and just enjoy kind of movies.
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Summary: Comedy, Poetry, Hot Chick
Review: I'll begin with a confession: I was reluctant to watch this film. It was snobbish on my part. A recent interview with Tara Reid in MAXIM portrayed the actress as a shallow ditz, and I doubted that the voluntary suspension of disbelief would succeed in allowing me to see her as serious college student Gwen Pearson. This was the crux of my objection to NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER. My husband cleverly defeated my opposition with the "Yes, but she's a really hot chick" argument, and we bought the DVD. To my surprise, Reid pulls off the act, dropping words like "pander" and phrases like "benevolent agenda" as if they had belonged in her personal vocabulary bank all along. The writing goes far beyond clever. It's down right poetic, with lines dance on the ear like a butterfly on a buttercup. Take, for example, "That's no bong! That's for my shlong!" Watch out Shakespeare. Best of all, the movie answers the age-old question: What was Ferris Bueller like in college? Van Wilder (Ryan Reynonds) fits the mold rather closely. He's a philanthropist who knows how to have a good time. He's funny, good looking, and popular with just about everyone. Brilliant ideas like topless tutors and the naked mile run are a-dime-a-dozen with this guy. Most importantly, he gets away with everything. I'm glad I didn't get away with turning my nose up at this delightfully amusing film. So even if you're skeptical, give it a try, and don't neglect to consider that Tara Reid's a really hot chick.
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Summary: Best...Movie...Ever!!!
Review: Van Wilder is the type of movie that you either love or hate...and I think if you are a teenager or in your young 20's, you will absolutely love this movie. I bought it when it was first released on DVD and didn't watch it until about 2 months after owning it, but when I finally got around to watching it I realized taht I made a huge mistake waiting as long as I did, as this was truly a great movie. The emotion is very apparent as I felt like I got to know the characters and it led me to follow Ryan Reynold's career by buying "The In-Laws" when that came out on DVD as well. I also became an avid "Two Guys and A Girl" watcher after catching him on it, as he is a great actor for these kind of roles. Pretty much everyone I've watched this movie with has gone into the movie thinking "this can't be as good as he's making it out to be" and then after the movie is over, they go out and buy the dvd themselves, so do yourselves a favor and buy this one as well...
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Summary: Van Dumber
Review: Let's put it this way: it takes a lot more than farting strippers and a dog with giant testicles to make me laugh. Should we have to watch another wannabe actor try to distinguish himself by doing what looks like a bad Jim Carey impression throughout the movie? What do you call toilet humor without the humor? Will Tara Reid ever act, or will she be stuck in an eye-candy phone booth forever? Is sex talk supposed to be funny just because it's coming out of the mouth of an ethnic guy with an accent? When a movie has nothing else going for it, is throwing in a pair of naked boobs really going to make much difference? These are but some of the questions "Van Wilder" poses.
Here's a tip for the guys over at National Lampoon:
Animal House = a funny movie about idiots
Vacation = a very funny movie about an idiot
Van Wilder = an unfunny movie starring, and made by, idiots
Moral: Comedies are supposed to be funny.
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Summary: Hillarious
Review: I know you have heard about the dog scene, and probably will see the movie or avoid it because of that, but forget about it, that was one scene in the movie. The movie in a whole is hillarious and has characters that you either hate or love. This has to be one of the best college movie in years and the best National Lampoons has done in a long time. They created an interesting and very charasmatic character called Van Wilder. A man who has been in college for most of a decade achieving legendary status, but no degree. He handles school like a politician, active in most facets, sports, art, social events, and renowned for his parties. But for some reason is afraid to graduate. His character is what really drived the movie. He is funny without being mean, intruguing without being far fetched, and interesting to watch. The humor is all over the place, puns, word plays, situational, crude, as well as deadpan. But most importantly it creates a character that you not only laugh at and with, but actually care about. I wish he had gone to the colleges I have been to. so as stated before, forget about the dog scene, and just watch the movie, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Tres Bien
Review: I found this a super funny laid-back comedy. the film makers didnt try much to make this a super-duper out of this world movie, but it turned out very kool, indeed. i think its a great light comedy which i can watch whenever, with my friends or by myself :)
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Summary: Reynolds makes the movie
Review: King of cool Ryan Reynolds totally makes this movie. I laughed myself off the couch. And, reviewer Matthew K. Minerd totally needs to get laid. Dude, relax! It's just a movie.
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