rating:
(out of
4 stars)Germany, United States; 2002
Directed by Walt Becker; produced by Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Jonathon Komack Martin, Andrew Panay; written by Brent Goldberg, David T. Wagner
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Tim Matheson, Kal Penn, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove, Chris Owen
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
It is very clear why a lot of people will not like 'Van Wilder'. Van Wilder
is a guy who is already seven years in college and likes to party... a lot.
We soon see that he likes to party but that the things he does are not only
for himself. It seems he really wants to help people. He raises money with
some kind of bikini contest, but the money is not for him. It is to save the
swimming team next year. Another student Gwen, played by Tara Reid, wants to
be a great journalist and had to do a story on Van. Of course things start
not very well, but as they get to know each other... Well, you do the maths.
Yes, the story is stupid and it has all been done before, but the audience
it is made for will not mind. This is the easiest kind of comedy to sell.
Hot babes and cool guys: teenage boys will love it. No one else though.