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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 14, 2009
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: MGM
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kal Penn & Anthony Cozens | |
Performer: | Holly Davidson, Daniel Percival, Amy Steel & Steven Rathman | |
Directed by | Mort Nathan | |
Edited by | John Axness & Sherwood Jones | |
Screenwriting by | Brent Goldberg | |
Written by | David Gallagher & David Wagner | |
Composition by | Robert Folk | |
Produced by | Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy & Elie Samaha | |
Executive Production by | Daniel Spilo & Kal Penn |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 0/5 --
Penn sports little of the squirrelly charm evidenced by the original Van Wilder star, Ryan Reynolds.
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Austin Chronicle
Rating: 0/4 --
From haphazard editing to clueless cinematography to godawful acting to gaping plot holes to zero laughs to low production values, this sorry sequel has all the earmarks of your classic 'take the money and run' ripoff.
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Upstage Magazine
Rating: 1.5/5 --
prefers to dwell in deep direct-to-DVD juvenility.
Filmcritic.com
This is shocking only for its tepidness; except for some raunchy language, it's ready-made for basic cable.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 1/4 --
Taj plays like a very bad combination of Revenge of the Nerds and Harry Potter.
New York Daily News
Rating: 1/5 --
...original star Ryan Reynolds wisely took a pass on coming back for more...
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Sacramento News & Review
Penn is capable of so much more.
Arizona Republic
Product Description:
The legacy of perpetual college party-man Van Wilder lives on in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ, as his former apprentice Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn) takes the torch to jolly old England, where he is continuing his education at stuffy Camford University. At first things look bleak for Taj, despite his gleaming newfound confidence and hip makeover from his days at Coolidge College, as he is rejected by the prestigious fraternity, Fox and Hounds, and ends up boarding with a group of misfits. Driven to live up to his former mentor's good name and also to make his father proud, Taj sets out to prove his big-man-on-campus potential by unabashedly leading his outcast housemates in an attempt to defeat the wealthy elite of Camford in a range of competitions for the coveted Hastings Cup.
Like its predecessor, the film is chockful of vulgar humor and sophomoric antics. Although Taj is the only character to appear from the first VAN WILDER (with the exception of Wilder's pet bulldog), many of the plot points are predictably similar. Occasionally peeking through the excessive sexual references, outrageous gags, and cringe-worthy debauchery is a laugh-out-loud film that encourages the underdog and thumbs its nose at the establishment. Much like the grandfather of all college films, ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ examines the lighter side of higher education, pointing out that its not only about earning a diploma but also about discovering one's potential--and not forgetting to have fun along the way.
Like its predecessor, the film is chockful of vulgar humor and sophomoric antics. Although Taj is the only character to appear from the first VAN WILDER (with the exception of Wilder's pet bulldog), many of the plot points are predictably similar. Occasionally peeking through the excessive sexual references, outrageous gags, and cringe-worthy debauchery is a laugh-out-loud film that encourages the underdog and thumbs its nose at the establishment. Much like the grandfather of all college films, ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ examines the lighter side of higher education, pointing out that its not only about earning a diploma but also about discovering one's potential--and not forgetting to have fun along the way.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 122,244
- UPC: 027616074270
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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