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The only reason this movie would be of any interest to anybody is that it provides a regular shot of topless girls every twenty minutes or so just to hold the audience's attention. Jerry Shea, as the funny foreign student, has a few mildly funny moments, but is a far cry from the original foreigner we all know as Taj. The highlight of the movie for me was to see that they brought back the original bull dog, who ended up having more laughs than any of the human characters. Kristin Cavallari (while smokin' hot) is far from convincing in what her character was supposed to be. He doesn't come close to portraying the original Van Wilder character. Jonathan Bennett obviously studied the mannerisms of Ryan Reynolds, but ended up delivering a poor immitation of Van not worthy of appearing on amateur night at a dive comedy club. Van Wilder: Freshman Year doesn't deserve to share the same title. The second installment (The Rise of Taj) wasn't quite up to par with the original, but it was respectable in its own way, especially since Kall Penn came back. In my fraternity house it was Animal House, Road Trip, and Van Wilder. Ryan Reynolds, Kal Penn, and Tara Reid made that movie a college cult classic. "For those of us who were in college when the first Van Wilder came out, it's safe to say we've probably seen it a dozen times or more. The movie is well over 20 minutes too long as it stands. None of which are worth getting excited about. It could also be one of the simulated sex scenes where the guy fakes completing the act. Its probably a set of cruder jokes they didn't want to send to the MPAA for fear of an NC-17. Honestly, it's not likely to be more nudity. So there's two minutes of something extra. The movie is actually very long, one hour thirty eight minutes theatrical release, unrated is one hour forty minutes. And Something Corporate by Cavanaugh Park. The movie opens with the Offspring, You're Gonna Go Far Kid. One other reason for the slightly higher rating - the soundtrack is actually pretty decent. All total, there is about 10 or so bonus features. There's a piece about the dog, everyone complaining about how he got better treatment than the people. There's isn't really any more nudity in the bonus features. Pretty sure Decatur is named for a suburb of Atlanta (Freshman Year was supposed to be in Georgia). Its just plain boring (well I guess, its just like the Hills, boring). There's a bonus film called Decatur that is supposed to be like the Hills. So, for the most base reasons, it gets an extra star.
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There was a level of jiggle in this film that was actually a lot better than either of the first two editions. Why in the world did I rate this movie two stars? Well, the women they found for this movie were very pretty. Van Wilder: Freshman Year, just made no sense at all. At least American Pie tried to flow with the original story, the fourth one was Stifler's younger brother. And finally number four was just downright awful, not a single original star was there. This movie has followed the American Pie path - number one was excellent. Although those eyebrows were kind of extra thick, he had a shot at doing some Groucho imitations. But nope, after a while it becomes clear, the new Van Wilder, Johathan Bennet, will carry all the jokes. At first it seems like the Asian guy will take the place of Kal Penn as Van Wilder's gopher. Rise of Taj, not a bad movie, not as funny as number one, but OK.Īnd then we get this movie, Freshman Year. Funny man on his own, fairly fresh off of Harold and Kumar. The second one, Van Wilder - The Rise of Taj, lost Ryan Reynolds, but we got to keep Kal Penn. The film was a bit dragged down with Tara Reid, but otherwise, funny movie. Kal acted like he was Ryan Reynolds' straightman, but it may have been the other way around. National Lampoon's Van Wilder - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition), Ryan Reynolds, and Kal Penn - great chemistry, funny men together. "Van Wilder Freshman Year, wow what a major waste of film, studio time, and some pretty women.