National Lampoon's Van Wilder Movie Review 2002

Cliched and crass college comedy of suave coed Van Wilder (Reynolds) who gets cut off by his dad (Matheson, in a nice bit of ironic casting), who realizes his son's seven college years have not yielded a degree. The universally adored, high-profile, frat house toastmaster then uses his charm to helps fund his education by helping the underprivileged undergrads meet women and have fun--for a price, of course. A circus of gross-out jokes and sight gags that would make the Farrelly brothers blush ensue. Reid is typically vapid as the lackluster Lois Lane college reporter and love interest. An unrated version is also available.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Campus Capers, National Lampoon, Fraternities & Sororities, Slob Comedy

Screenplay

Brent Goldberg, David T. Wagner

Cast

Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove, Deon Richmond, Alex Burns, Paul Gleason, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Owen, Curtis Armstrong, Kim Smith, Erik Estrada, Michelle Rene Thomas

Cinematography

James R. Bagdonas

Director

Walt Becker

Music

David Lawrence

Other

Itamar Ben-Jacob, Christopher Violette, Dennis M. Hill, William Durrell, Alexis Scott, Rachel Kamerman

Producer

Robert Levy, Peter Abrams, Andrew Panay, Jonathon Komack-Martin, Tapestry Films, Myriad Pictures, Artisan Entertainment