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5 April 2002 (USA) moreTagline:
The Tradition Continues morePlot:
The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he's afraid to graduate. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Let's Exploit Dead People (From JustPressPlay. 25 October 2009, 6:24 PM, PDT)
Wishing Ryan Reynolds A Happy 33!
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Ok, nothing new, but sill light and funny more (249 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ryan Reynolds | ... | Van Wilder | |
| Tara Reid | ... | Gwen Pearson | |
| Tim Matheson | ... | Vance Wilder Sr. | |
| Kal Penn | ... | Taj Mahal Badalandabad | |
| Teck Holmes | ... | Hutch | |
| Daniel Cosgrove | ... | Richard Bagg | |
| Deon Richmond | ... | Mini Cochran | |
| Alex Burns | ... | Gordon | |
| Emily Rutherfurd | ... | Jeannie | |
| Paul Gleason | ... | Professor McDoogle | |
| Erik Estrada | ... | Himself | |
| Curtis Armstrong | ... | Campus Cop | |
| Jason Winer | ... | Panos Patakos | |
| Chris Owen | ... | Suicidal Freshman | |
| Simon Helberg | ... | Vernon |
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Also Known As:
Van Wilder: Party Liaison (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA) (working title)National Lampoon's Van Wilder (USA) (complete title)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Party Liaison (UK) (DVD title)
Party Animals - ... wilder geht's nicht! (Germany)
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Rated R for strong sexual content, gross humor, language and some drug content.Parents Guide:
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92 min | USA:94 min (unrated version)Language:
EnglishColor:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (also unrated version) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) (also unrated version) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) | Ireland:15 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Austria:14 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 (f) | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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The poem that the Literature professor reads for Van's final is Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken". moreGoofs:
Continuity: Gwen's left arm in class before Van hands her a raincoat. moreSoundtrack:
Don't Look Now moreFAQ
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Now that I am into my thirties I find most movies cliché and uninteresting, especially the action genre, SWAT, Face Off, Swordfish, XXX, Shaft, do I need to continue. Yet people for some reason actually pay money to see these films. I've started to enter my pompous intellectual phase, yet I still have a big weakness for teen movies.
Animal house, Ferris, Weird Science, Bachelor Party and more recently a resurgence with American Pie, Road Trip, Have the Cow and Van Wilder.
All of these films are great, IMO. Sure they are predictable, a bit cliché, sometimes gross and certainly a bit childish, but they are bloody funny. The only rule for a comedy is to be funny. I guess that if we are honest that period of our lives should be best. At least you have the innocence and optimism to know your life is all in front of you and getting laid and having fun, is pretty much the only thing on your mind (that hasn't changed if we are honest).
I am disappointed that so many people criticise a film that clearly wasn't meant to be taken too seriously and is genuinely funny. Great stuff please may it continue.