Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

gavin6942 The most popular kid on campus (Ryan Reynolds) meets a hideously deformed journalist (Tara Reid) who makes him realize that maybe he is afraid to graduate.When I first viewed this movie (circa 2003), I was not terribly impressed and absolutely repulsed by a certain scene that has made it notorious. The scene adds nothing to the film other than to make audiences feel sick to their stomachs.Upon rewatching (2014), there is still an overall crudeness to the film that may not be necessary, and seems to be an unfortunately part of comedy movies made at the time (the "American Pie" series is very similar in tone). But, I must confess, there is a certain sentimentality to it all, and if it were not for that one moment, this might be a fairly decent film. Not great, but decent.Ryan Reynolds may not be the biggest actor out there, but this film put him on the map, and it should be recognized for that, too.

capone666 National Lampoon's Van WilderEconomically speaking, most parents would likely prefer to have a permanent high school student as a child than a permanent college student.Unfortunately, the father in this comedy has the latter.After seven-years of loafing through college, Van Wilder's (Ryan Reynolds) dad (Tim Matheson) has enough and cuts off all funding to his son.Forced to go it alone, Van makes an agreement with school heads that he can cram a year's worth of information into his head in six days, and finally graduate.But that won't be easy, as Van is in a prank-off with a fraternity brother that doesn't like him hitting on his girlfriend Gwen (Tara Reid).More gross-out comedy than genuine laughs, for some reason Van Wilder has had a cult-like following that relished its over-the-top sexual perversions, and revel in the leads blasé nature.Incidentally, the ultimate college prank is convincing students to buy textbooks. Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

Floated2 Van Wilder (the film) introduces us to its title character (Reynolds), a suave, charming 7th-year undergrad at Coolidge College, who, although he hardly ever goes to class, is more intelligent than anyone else on campus, including the professors, and has a long line of people interviewing for the coveted position as his assistant. But when Van's dad (Tim Matheson) decides to cut off his son's tuition money, Van and Taj must come up with $20,000 for him to stay in school. Thinking this is an interesting story idea, the school newspaper editor (played briefly by Tom Everett Scott) assigns no-nonsense journalist and Gwen (Reid) to get the story.The film goes predictably from there, with Gwen at first disliking Van, but then discovering that he's really a charming guy with integrity and scruples, as opposed to her own snooty frat-boy fiancé (Daniel Cosgrove), and for some reason, Van is attracted to her, too. Along the way we are treated to every juvenile joke imaginable, from a sex-crazed elderly woman to a dog with huge testicles to a stripper letting go on Taj to Van filling dog semen into pastries to a diarrhea-plagued final exam student. It's all absolutely hilarious if you are under 16 years old. So overall it's not funny. Sure, there are plenty of would-be comedy moments that fall flat, and any film that defaults to vomit, urine, semen and farts as often as this one can safely be assumed to be reaching low, not high. But at least there are a few good gags here, a bit of off-the-wall humour (such as Erik Estrada auditioning to be Van's personal assistant), and – most importantly – there are likable characters too. Van is too self-assuredly assertive as a scam artist to be lovable, but Reynolds brings enough charisma to the role to at least make us want him to succeed. And Reid – she of girl-next-door prettiness and raspy voice – might not perfectly fit the bill as any film's serious intellectual, but she's still as likable as they come. Van Wilder is often silly – and gross – but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films-. If you don't try to compare it to fine cinema, and you can stomach the gross-out stuff, then you might just find enough here to come away satisfied – relatively speaking.

skimask05 Is this the most thought provoking picture? No. Does it burst with wit and philosophical musings? No. Is it awesome for its use of dick jokes and trashy humor? Hellz ya. I love this movie because its always on Comedy Central and it has those two or three moments every time that just make me laugh. Also, this was before the Tara Reid disaster, so she looks decent. The cast isn't exactly top-notch but to be honest, this movie doesn't' need an impressive cast, all it needs is a bunch of people who can make a good fart joke and a dog with prosthetic testicles. The story has obviously been told before but an updated collection of gags and sophomoric humor keep this movie ahead of the pack. Bottom line, if you're just looking to watch a movie with some buddies at 1 am after a hard nights drinking, you can't go wrong with this one. And if you're just looking to find out what Tara Reid looked like before the s*$t hit the fan, this movie is for you.