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Movie Overview
Cast
• Ryan Reynolds
• Tara Reid
• Kal Penn
Director
• Walt Becker
MPAA Rating
R - strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug use
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 13% Rotten
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1/5
"It wanders aimlessly from scene to scene. It has no idea where it's going or where it's been."  Filmcritic.com  Blake French

1/4
"Once upon a time, anything associated with the name "National Lampoon" generated as many chuckles as a can of nitrous oxide. Now the effect is more like a laxative."  Kansas City Star  Dan Lybarger

1.5/4
"...I will admit to having chuckled at an Erik Estrada cameo..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"National Lampoon's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House, but it more closely resembles this year's version of Tomcats."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

2.5/4
"Like Slackers, Super Troopers and last year's Wet Hot American Summer, Van Wilder is nostalgic for the gross-out yarns of yesteryear."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

D-
"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks, college flicks, or even flicks in general. It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

0.5/4
"Even Vegas Vacation was wise enough to distance itself from the humorists responsible for such comedy landmarks as Loaded Weapon 1, Senior Trip and Golf Punks."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

F
"Another week, another gross-out college comedy--ugh."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/4
"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"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

1/10
"While I realize the film isn't aspiring to be anything more than a dumb and/or raucous comedy, there's good/smart dumb and lame/stupid dumb. This effort clearly falls into the latter category."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

6/10
"If you're looking for yet another mindless college flick with a number of laughs and a captivating lead, you can certainly do much worse than this movie"  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

0/4
"Full of gross-out humor that is definitely disgusting but not at all that humorous."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

1/4
"This is the kind of movie that Bluto, Otter, and the Delta House boys would have trashed a theater for showing."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

1.5/5
"I know it's harder to write good jokes than it is rotten ones, but based on what's displayed here, it doesn't seem like the effort was even made."  DVDTalk.com  Scott Weinberg

1/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

1/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

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OFCS Rating: 13% Rotten
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