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High spirited and harmless
Van Wilder: Party Liaison (English)
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid
Dir: Walt Becker
THIS IS a perfect date movie as there is something for the guys, something for the girls but the goings on are hardly so interesting that you would have your eyes glued to the screen and ignore your little lovely or hunky dude as the case maybe!
The movie has National Lampoon stuck to its title. But anyone haring it for the movie in the hope of some classic anti-authoritarian laughs (remember National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and National Lampoon's Summer Vacation (1983)?) will surely be disappointed.
The movie is predictable and full of clichés but is rather high spirited and harmless so if you are in an expansive mood you just might laugh a bit and forgive the movie its silliness. Van Wilder has been an undergrad for seven years at Coolidge College. He spends his time showing geeks how to have a good time and throw wonderful parties. Crisis comes in the form of his father refusing to pay his tuition and earnest college journalist Gwen Pearson doing an expose on the oldest undergrad in school.
Gwen's stuck up frat boyfriend, Richard, is ready and waiting to queer the pitch. Meanwhile Van goes his merry way helping out the impossibly named Indian exchange student Taj Mahal Badalandabad (really!!) and others with super high GPAs and no dates.
Ryan Reynolds has a look of a young Adam Sandler and Tara Reid from the American Pie movies makes for a golden glossy Gwen. Kal Penn plays Taj Mahal and his breaking out in Hindi (an unprintable literal translation) caused quite a few sniggers.
The movie thankfully does not have animal abuse pretending to be comedy. The scatological jokes are also minimal. All in all the film is inoffensive - colourless, odourless and eminently forgettable.
MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER
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