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National Lampoon's Van Wilder

"Don't Graduate. Celebrate."

2002-03-29 Comedy 1hr 32m

Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.

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Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.

  • Released
    2002-03-29
  • Revenue
    $39,241,323
  • Budget
    $6,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 32m
  • Genre
    Comedy, Romance
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    6.4
  • Production
    Tapestry Films, Myriad Pictures, Artisan Entertainment

Crew

Walt Becker
Director
Brent Goldberg
Screenplay
Robert L. Levy
Producer

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Cast

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

Van Wilder
Tara Reid

Tara Reid

Gwen Pearson
Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson

Vance Wilder Sr.
Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Taj Mahal Badalandabad
Daniel Cosgrove

Daniel Cosgrove

Richard Bagg
Deon Richmond

Deon Richmond

Mini Cochran
Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

Professor McDoogle
Erik Estrada

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Jason Winer

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Chris Owen

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Teresa Hill

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Megan Gallagher

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Lydia Hull

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Mark Chaet

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Michael Waltman

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Nick Puga

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Pimply Faced Freshman
Joshua Swanson

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Jeremy Phillips

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Darcy Shean

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Harry Danner

Harry Danner

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Tom Howard

Tom Howard

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John Colton

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Gregg Daniel

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Lauren Birkell

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Teesha Lobo

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Hot Indian Girl
Cheryl Bricker

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Mrs. Henke
Colin Campbell

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Willie Latimore

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Sean Marquette

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Alexia Chiaromonte

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Shaina Fewell

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Hot Senior
Megan Litwin

Megan Litwin

Hotter Friend
Mark Alfa

Mark Alfa

Tranny Stripper (uncredited)
Megan Baker

Megan Baker

Student (uncredited)
Walt Becker

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Fireman (uncredited)
Jason Berry

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Frat Boy (uncredited)
Sean Brennan

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Shoeshine DIK (uncredited)
Chad Brokaw

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DIK Brother (uncredited)
Ryan Allen Carrillo

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Bonnie Morgan

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Alex Nesic

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ROTC Student (uncredited)
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen

Steffen Schlachtenhaufen

Student Bartender (uncredited)
Jennifer Schlueter

Jennifer Schlueter

Student (uncredited)
Skyler Stone

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Test Taker (uncredited)
Charlie Talbert

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Stomach Guy (uncredited)
Billy Taylor

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Student (uncredited)
Nathan Todaro

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Cassie Townsend

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A Review by Ruuz 4

Written by Ruuz on 2018-03-18

I'm not exactly what one might call "in to" American comedies, and gross out humour/romantic comedies are pretty much at the bottom of even ... read more

I'm not exactly what one might call "in to" American comedies, and gross out humour/romantic comedies are pretty much at the bottom of even that list. For a movie that most certainly contains both those two things (the latter in especially heavy doses), I actually didn't mind _Van Wilder_ that much. But it's all about context, if instead of comparing it to a list of similar things that I hate you compared it to, say, the entire history of cinema overall, then _National Lampoon's Van Wilder_ is pretty bad. One additional note, the friend of mine who I put this on for told me that the movie was from the era of "When Tara Reid was still hot". Now personally I've never found any iteration of her attractive, but it did make me have a parallel thought, is Van Wilder from the era when Tara Reid was a better actor? I'm not saying she has been some sort of Oscar-worthy great at any stage, but if I compare her in this to her in, for example, _Sharknado 47_, despite the extra years of experience, she's definitely worse now, right? _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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A Review by Gimly

I'm not exactly what one might call "in to" American comedies, and gross out humour/romantic comedies are pretty much at the bottom of even that list. For a movie that most certainly contains both those two things (the latter in especially ...

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A Review by Ruuz 4

Written by Ruuz on 2018-03-18

I'm not exactly what one might call "in to" American comedies, and gross out humour/romantic comedies are pretty much at the bottom of even that list. For a movie that most certainly contains both tho...

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