Other Titles • Van Wilder • Van Wilder: Party Liaison (2002) • National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) • Party Animals (2002)
Synopses for Van Wilder (2002)
1.
Don't Graduate. Celebrate.
You'll never think of bulldogs, pastries, protein shakes or tutors in the same way again… National Lampoon's Van Wilder stars Ryan Reynolds as a 7th year student who has no plans to graduate. Life is good for Van; he's got a coed in every closet and a party to go to every night. His slick reputation even catches the eye of sexy Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid), and on campus reporter determined to expose the naked truth behind his wild exterior. When Gwen enters his life and his father stops paying his tuition, could Van's days as the king of Coolidge College be over? Find out for yourself in this outrageous laughfest that you've sure to go "nuts" over!
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
(24 votes)
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He's the biggest man on campus. He's the boss with the sauce. He's the guy all the girls want and all the guys want to be. Cause in the collegiate jungle, there can be only one king...and at Coolidge College it's Van Wilder.
Van's been “The Man” at Coolidge these past seven years because...when you love a place, why leave it? With a tricked out dorm room, a full-time assistant, a personalized golf cart, and immediate entrée into every club committee, frat house, classroom and administrative office, there's no place he'd rather be, doing the thing he does best: helping out the underdog! With a heart minted in 24k gold, Van uses his influence, wiles and considerable charms to help the "loser" be a winner. Whether it’s the foreign exchange student desperate to lose his virginity, the sickest kid on campus or the downcast underclassman who just needs some inspirational, homespun wisdom, Van’s always got a solution. The trouble is, this professional student has just learned that after seven blissful years, his principle financier – Dad – has cut him off! Without any tuition money to continue his good work, Van does what any self-respecting, universally admired big-man-on-campus would do – start a business planning the greatest parties any college has ever seen! As the beer flows out and the dough rolls in, Van catches the eye of serious (but sexy) Gwen Pearson, a student journalist who's determined to expose the naked truth beneath Van’s wilder exterior. What begins as a clash of wills, however, soon leads to unexpected romance. That is, until Gwen’s jealous boyfriend decides to put a stop once and for all to Van’s rule as campus king...
(23 votes)
5.
Don't Graduate... Celebrate.
National Lampoon's Van Wilder is another hilarious entry in the National Lampoon's franchise.
Ryan Reynolds gives a charismatic performance as a seventh year senior, Van Wilder, who wants nothing more than to continue his cushy life at Coolidge College as "Campus Legend." With a personal assistant and a panache for throwing parties, graduation is the furthest thing from his mind. But when Gwen Pearson (Tara Reid) enters his life, could his priorities start changing?
(23 votes)
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