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20 (Unrated Cut) Like other teen sex comedy franchises, there just had to be an awful direct-to-video film as the final outing for the Van Wilder franchise. The previous film, Rise of Taj, had already bombed a few years earlier yet the studio execs still hoped to bank off of the DVD craze of the aughts. Harvey Glazer’s Van Wilder Freshman Year is just as awful as Road Trip: Beer Pong and Porky’s Pimpin’ Pee Wee (yes, those actually exist…). It does everything a direct-to-video sequel starring none of the original cast shouldn’t do (yet always seem to). The characters lack any depth, the acting is terrible all across the board, the lowbrow humor here makes the original Van Wilder…
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3rd movie of the “Van Wilder” franchise. Who would guess they would squeeze a trilogy out of Van Wilder ??? The main character, who didn’t show up in the previous movie, reappears here, but not played by Ryan Reynolds. A guy who looks like the son of Jim Carrey with Sean William Scott is the “new” Van Wilder. Taj (Karl Penn) is out too. The comic relief now is a Chinese character. The only original member who’s back is Van Wilder’s big balled dog. The film counts on scatological jokes in attempt to be funny, but despite the poop and vibrators it’s unsuccessful. What the film gets right is the female cast. It’s difficult to find a (not too) recent comedy with a cast of beauties as hot as this film. Van Wilder 3 ends up being as (ir)regular as the previous ones. If you care watching it, go for the unrated version.
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Van Wilder: Party Liaison knew what it had with Ryan Reynolds’ Hollywood pulling power. We couldn’t have foreseen Reynolds becoming the wise-cracking Deadpool, but he oozed charm in his bow as Wilder. Fast forward 7 years and we get a prequel starring a nobody trying to emulate Reynolds’ dapper turn as the confident college kid with sex and fun at the forefront of his daily routine. As a gross-out comedy we get all the usual ingredients, a dog licking someone’s bollocks, camouflage made of shit, and more vibrators than in a nunnery. There is plenty of nudity, a pothead roommate, and plenty of gags stolen from a host of other comedy films. The opening has the podium blowjob from Police Academy, there’s even a dog in the film that reminded me of Harris’ in the same film, but this one ripped off so many it felt like a chore.
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Biggest quarrels: No Ryan Reynolds and no consuming dog cum. However I do think the scene where they put the vibrators under the church girls seats is one of the greatest scenes in cinema up there with the basement scene from inglorious bastards and ending scene from the Usual suspects.
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Feels exactly like an American Pie spinoff, but at least I found it more entertaining than several of those. I also think this one was hands down better than The Rise of Taj, which really doesn’t say much. This one actually had several fairly funny moments, and plenty more eye candy. This one’s still not a ‘good’ coming of age comedy, but it’s not as blatantly bad as some others on my list tagged below. 2009 Ranked 2000’s Ranked Comedies Ranked Comedies in the 2000’s Ranked Substance / Stoner / Alcoholic / Psychedelic usage films Ranked Coming of Age Comedies Ranked
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No idea why I gave this a shot, it is at least as bad as could be expected. “Expected” is the word du jour, as everything about this is. Jokes about bodily fluids, sex, and alcohol abound. There are a bunch of topless “coeds.” They even recreate the dog-eclair scene from the first, but dumber and less funny than the original. Most unforgivably, they try and give the film a moral of the story… which, given that this is a prequel, is immediately a retconned stillbirth. Unbelievably dumb.
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I mean horrible i enjoy the first one which isn’t even that good to begin with and the second one sucks well this one does too
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I may have liked this more than the second film but just an entirely unnecessary prequel to a decent comedy at best. Jonathan Bennett does his best Ryan Reynolds impression, and I didn’t think it was that bad. The story is just another rehash of the same old formula the first film played out and it’s quite forgettable. I’m very happy this didn’t spawn another 6 unwanted entries.
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Van Wilder: Freshman Year is a fun direct-to-DVD standalone raunchy comedy. The film is supposed to be a prequel to National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, but it almost feels like a reboot and doesn’t feel like it’s canon. Jonathan Bennett delivers a solid performance as Van, but he’s no Ryan Reynolds. Kristin Cavallari is gorgeous and delivers a solid performance as Van’s love interest, Kaitlin Hayes. There is a ton of T&A and a lot of hysterical, crude, raunchy, gross-out, low-brow humor. The soundtrack is phenomenal and brings me back to 2009. Of course, it’s not a perfect film, but it’s an entertaining, raunchy college comedy. I’d recommend watching Van Wilder: Freshman Year, but only if you like those kinds of raunchy R-rated comedies. If not, steer clear. I wish they made a sequel to this film back in 2010 or 2011 with the same cast.
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“Let she who is without sin, grasp the first bone.” “I haven’t seen this many pansies, since I was pickin’ flowers yesterday.”
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4,7/10
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моя дівчина хотіла подивитися еротичну комедію і увімкнула це… треш кіно в поганому сенсі
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I was driving in a car with my boyfriend when the song “You’re gonna go far, kid” started playing and my bf asked me what movie this was in at the start. I couldn’t tell him so I looked it up and found it was this movie. Here I am having finished the movie with him going what in the American pie. Turns out this is part of a franchise and Ryan Reynolds is in the first one? Not sure if I’ll be watching that one.
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i miss u young ryan reynolds. was not expecting my biggest fear of having to poop in a trash can in front of people to be in this movie but I am still definitely scared.
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Going through a portion Jonathan Bennett’s filmography, and it’s pretty funny to see him play a 150% straight white dude. He’s a better Van Wilder than Ryan Reynolds.
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👏👏👏
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porraaaaa, filmaco típico de besteirol americano, cara chega na facul e muda tudo, foda !! compensa asssitir os 3 filmes
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TTenthLetter 6 月 26, 2026
yeeeeeesh
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A raunch-com with anti-war commentary?
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No one but Ryan Reynolds could of done this
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it’s so bad man
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Pretty funny. Not a serious movie
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disney en nickelodeon als het 18+ was
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This movie is false advertising. That is not Van Wilders backside on the front cover.
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Wild as hell
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This movie franchise is equivalent of taking a screenshot of a screenshot, the plot stays the same, but the quality gets worse on every iteration.
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sucks. but how bad can it really be when the opening credits has You’re Gonna Go Far Kid by The Offspring playing?
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Aqui enterram de vez a franquia.A comédia já não diverte mais e nem consegue ser algo original em alguns momentos.O elenco é deprimente.
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I know its bad but it’s good
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Ddudunecek 5 月 13, 2026
A) V žádném případě nechoďte na zkoušku pokud 1)neumíte téma, které jste si vybrali (na úrovni doporučené literatury – ne z internetu) 2)neznáte základní posloupnost civilisací a slohů a neorientujete se v periodisaci 3)nic Vám neříkají a)tato jména: Meni, Achnaton, Perikles, Feidias, Alexandr Veliký, Octavian Augustus, Konstatntin Veliký, Karel Veliký, Svatopluk, sv.Václav, Otto Veliký, Vratislav II, opat Suger, Fridrich II., Mistr Zvěstování z Remeše, Přemysl Otakar II., Niccollo Pisano, Giotto, S.Martini, J.Pucelle, Mistr Vyšebrodského oltáře, Mistr Theodorik, P.Parléř, L.Ghiberti,…
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Case 545 Lost watch date
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When you’re 15, the dog turd bit is the funniest thing in the world. And then you realize this is a garbage film that tries to knockoff American Pie spinoffs of all things.
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Ballzac signed a 3 film contract! Damn!
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Surely is a movie that exists
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Actually the first van wilder movie I watched , it’s actually rly funny , but the first released one is better
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Just like the Ryan one , wild
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Man I thought the 2nd movie was bad, but this makes that movie look like an academy winner. I mean holy shit what a waste of money and time. I read online this movie cost 6 million to make and only grossed 20,000 dollars! What a horrible, horrible failure. I’m almost positive they just made the plot up as they were filming it, the whole film crew totally winged it. At least that’s how it seems when watching this movie.…
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Funny
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Absolutely cinema
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bnbnr freakytiw ni film
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Better than Taj, not as good as the original. Early 2000s soundtrack slapped.
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Absolute cinema
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lol
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The third Van Wilder, the second one without Ryan Reynolds, but at least the title character is here this time just with a different actor. It feels like a really stupid idea to make a Van Wilder movie without Ryan Reynolds. Say what you will about the man but he’s undeniably charismatic and that’s most of what the original movie has going for it.
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This prequel is exactly what you’d expect from a late-2000s straight-to-DVD comedy: it’s loud, incredibly crude, and unapologetically silly.
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A movie of all time
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Watched two, decided to finish the trilogy. I’m addicted to these shitty movies ig.
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I rate this movie, I thought it was pretty good, has that American Pie feel and is pure comedy. I’d watch again but there are better movies out there of this calibre.
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Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) 9/100 | 0.5/5 stupidest porno i’ve ever watched
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KKKKKKKKKK gostei
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Tem que ter coragem pra assistir uma vez, e tem que ter ainda mais coragem pra assistir pela segunda vez.
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“ — um encontro. “ ” — uma entrevista! “ ele cagando no final💔
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bem clichê mas é engraçadinho
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It’s wild absolutely none of these have ever been good, statistically you’d assume at least one would be eventually but they are all terrible.
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Those types of early 2000s comedy feel-good movies, where there’s no real plot and shit just happens, it’s kinda outdated now, but it did its good and made me laugh
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Sometimes it surprises me how good ryan Reynolds can be when you replace him with a worse actor.
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I love FSU
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“Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out alive.”
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Why did anyone think making this bootleg Van Wilder movie was a good idea? Racist stereotype characters? Check. Stupid story? Check. A single good quality? Nope, nothing. This movie is a turd. Watched: Los Angeles, CA
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assisti, não odiei, mas não recomendo.
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engraçadinho, protagonista foda, além de ter o jesse pickman todo fudido como figurante em algumas cenas
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Van Wilder’s Dad is Johnny Cage? That actually makes total sense. After hearing The Offspring I figured it was all downhill. Surprisingly enough this is a pretty solid prequel. No Ryan Reynolds but I laughed enough to enjoy it. Plus Meredith Giangrande had me praying to Jesus.
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Shit kinda sucked, maybe i didnt lock in enough
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Bem legal
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Meu deus eles seriam completamente cancelados hoje em dia ….
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Besterol de faculdade fraquíssimo, único mérito é fazer os militarem terem papéis de palhaços.
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a lot of fine shyt but he really punched the truth out
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Woo, this is kind of a hard watch. Kind of feels like a 14 year old rapist was given a pen and some paper and told “you can make a movie with as many boobs as you want, just throw a few homophobic jokes in now and again”. Which isn’t to say the original National Lampoon’s Van Wilder wasn’t “problematic” by today’s standards, but at least there was something more of a plot than whatever this was. Kind of felt…
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A única parte legal foi os caras comendo pão recheado de porra de cachorro e achando uma delícia e falando q ainda tava quentinho. De resto, oq foi isso pqp??
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Funny
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Wild movie right ?
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beaucoup mieux que le 2 (c’était pas difficile), mais le 1 reste indétrônable.
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quite amusing i just love ryan reynolds
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Tenho nem palavras pra essa merda
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Gg 12 月 26, 2025
this is so fucking stupid 😭😭😭
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Boa comedia
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Story of my foggin life hettar her. Men um mín framtíðar kona segði at hon var part av castinum í hesum hevði dripi hana á staðnum. Sjúkur filmur. Tíðan verri var sýningin við ranjit sunhalabad tann triðji
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Peak comedy. Hann hevur alt fra lowkey rasismu til pattir til stoffir. 2,2 á letterboxed er hella undeserved Peak movie kvøld vid junni🔋 Dreymurin er deffo at hava Van Wylder confidence í býnum, sjálvt um eg verið locked op av tí
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This young Van Wilder actor is so far not cutting my jib They censored “fuck” and “far” in the lyrics to the Offspring song at the beginning… in an R rated film… what a goof! Oh wait I was watching a TV-14 version lol I found a TV-MA version There’s a character that is foreign that comes to Van Wilder for advice on how to land chicks just like Taj in the original Okay the TV-MA version website wasn’t working,…
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It was alright, the blonde was so fucking hot, like celebrity crush level
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Explosive diarrhoea got me
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Avec un acteur spécialisé dans les séquelles dtv, fallait pas s’attendre à un chef d’œuvre. Sinon, y a des boobs mais tout le film se dégonfle 30 mn avant la fin.
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Ryan Reynolds Party This movie is less a story than a long, loud celebration of excess. The plot is paper-thin essentially a string of campus gross-out gags and party montages tied together by the loosest possible excuse for a narrative. But then again, this movie doesn’t come for plot it comes for the energy, and it leans into that without shame. Ryan Reynolds is the beating heart of the film. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine anyone else pulling off Van…
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awful
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Remember straight to dvd terrible sequels that none of the original cast would be in but they would be like here’s the origin story We lost something as a society when we stopped doing bad dvd sequels
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i can at least say that i have watched the van wilder trilogy and get stoned in the process
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pior filme q eu ja vi vlw aninha suja
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The finale: I’ve watched all the Van Wilder movies. This movie wasn’t that bad. I can think of many movies that were worse.
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SLICE OF A COLLEGE LIFEE! Di mawawala kalokohan HAHAHA always been a fan of rebellion, always challenging the system hahaha
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As the title would have it, Van Wilder: Freshman Year sees Van Wilder in his Freshman Year at Coolidge College. Only to his dismay, all girls on campus have taken a vow of chastity. With the strict dean now ruling over the school, this makes it difficult for Van to try and win over the hottest girl on campus. It’s up to Van Wilder to liberate his school from sexual oppression and a lack of partying. Maybe it’s just me,…
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honestly funny and life changing
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Classic college film
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não quero viver essa realidade, mais foi bem engraçado.
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A very comedic story of redemption and glorified college life.
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Dumbass DTV prequel from National Lampoon. 1.5 stars.
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The scene in the church is top 10 quality
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💀
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How did they get the budget to make a third film😭 ( how did I also end up in this side of the movie matrix man someone help😳 )
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American pie vibes. Silly and goofy.
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waste of time.
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Umm thanks nan for this…
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Not as bad as I thought it would be. Lots of boobs as expected
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I got in expecting stupid fun and got that, along with shit jokes, topless women and all that college is about, parties and sex And having Kristin Cavallari is a plus
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Não tenho uma opinião formada sobre e filme;-; Aparecem muitas bundas “Não leve a vida muito a sério ou nunca vai sair vivo” gostei disso q ele disse
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ringan, lucu, cocok buat ngisi waktu luang.
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is not supposed to be a prequel? why are they dressed like 2009?
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super senior
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For every one laugh there’s two cringes.
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El plot twist del chino fue lo último que me esperaba en la película, cine 🤚😐✋
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funny watch
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I’ve got no words bruh 💀💀💀
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Super drôle j’ai pas mal rie sur ce film Je ne m’attendais pas à autant kiffer vus qu’il n’y avais plus les même acteur et surtout qu’ils avaient recaste van wilder Mais franchement cool
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Remember watching this when it came out and thought it was good. Re watched it and I can confirm I was wrong…
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I watched this on Amazon Video. The final Van Wilder Movie. Not featuring any of the OG characters, featuring some odd acting and not having as much charm as the first two. But after reading the reviews on here my expectations were super low and my expectations were indeed superceded. This is a meh but also enjoyable movie. It’s most definitely not got the same good moments as the first van wilder did or even the second one but it’s…
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maial college, iconico
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Funny yet extremely sexual
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funny but that dog scene is the grossest thing i’ve ever watched
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i honestly dont remember the movie
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6,4? Com certeza não faz jus. Provavelmente a dublagem BR deixa bem melhor (igual toda comédia duvidosa dos anos 2000). O roteiro é meio merda, mas tem muita piada escrachada boa. As coisas acontecem só pq sim, mas com uma suspensão da descrença da pra rir e ter aquela falsa nostalgia de q vc gostaria de viver um college.
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white dudes will smoke weed once and speak jamaican patois for the rest of their life
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Puro suco do besteirol americano
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Bem ruimzinho, o 1 foi definitivamente o melhor da franquia, impressionante.
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pulling up to mint mobiles shareholder meeting and forcing Ryan to sign my DVD copy
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One of the worst movies,very bad installment,no. Plot, no fun lines, just beautiful girls
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Worst of the three but still somewhat fun
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Me in grad school!
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Viewer discretion advised: eclairs scene
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in the same vein as the american pie spinoffs, so ridiculous
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In the original Van Wilder movie, it is stated that Van didn’t become a party animal until his mid-sophomore year, so this “freshman year” is already completely inaccurate, and maybe they just chose to retcon that detail for the prequel, which if this is a prequel and does take place years before Van’s seventh and final year of college in 2002, that means this one should take place in like 1995, so tell me why does Van have an iPhone?! Fuck it, I don’t care; nothing matters
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No sé qué opinar de este tipo de películas
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Classic
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Abrantes – Comédia.
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Not a good movie. This is probably where Mark Estes crush on Kristin Cavalari started
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Incrível KKKKK
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A loud, silly prequel full of wild parties, reckless humor, and exaggerated college life antics. It’s energetic and unapologetically over-the-top, focusing more on entertainment and outrageous situations than story depth.
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I went out my way to buy the DVD for this awful film but to be fair it’s not as bad as i thought it was
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American Pie do multiverso
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Van Wilder: Freshman Year is what happens when a straight-to-DVD comedy shows up drunk to class, forgets its homework, and still thinks quoting American Pie counts as a personality. This movie tries so hard to be edgy, wild, and “college funny,” but ends up being a painfully unfunny montage of lazy sex jokes, offensive stereotypes, and zero charisma. It’s like someone watched the original Van Wilder, took a blow to the head, and said, “Let’s do that, but without Ryan…
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- Synopsis
- It is freshman year at Coolidge College and Van Wilder is ready to party. To his dismay, all the girls have taken a vow of chastity and the dean rules the school. Van embarks on a crusade to land the campus hottie, Kaitlin, and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.
- Director
- Harvey Glazer
- Writer
- Todd McCullough
- Studio
- Tapestry Films, Starz Media, Paramount Famous Productions
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 100 mins
- Hungary03 Jun 2010
- France16 Mar 2018
- USA02 Jun 2009
- UK13 Jul 2009
- Germany25 Feb 2016
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