Don't graduate. Celebrate.
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.
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Unpretentious, classical in form, comic and effortless.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsVan Wilder
- Tara ReidGwen Pearson
- Tim MathesonVance Wilder Sr.
- Kal PennTaj Mahal Badalandabad
- Teck HolmesHutch
- Daniel CosgroveRichard Bagg
- Deon RichmondMini Cochran
- Alex BurnsGordon
- Emily RutherfurdJeannie
- Paul GleasonProfessor McDoogle
Crew
- Walt BeckerDirector
- Brent GoldbergScreenplay
- David WagnerScreenplay
- James BagdonasDirector of Photography
- Dennis M. HillEditor
- Andrew PanayProducer
- Robert L. LevyProducer
- Peter AbramsProducer
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