| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gary Dowell |
"The only thing keeping it from being a complete waste of time is the charismatic performance of Reynolds." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...had I not been pledged to sit through the film, I would have lifted myself up by my bootstraps and fled." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...no worse than an average wet T-shirt contest, but it's not much better, either..." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"When you start giving National Lampoon movies a bad name, you must be doing something really wrong." more... |
D |
filmcritic.com
Blake French |
"Why waste precious time on something like this when there are so many better movies out right now." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck |
"...for all its aspirations to anarchic humor, National Lampoon's Van Wilder seems awfully old hat." more... |
B- |
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour |
"With its gross-out gags, Van Wilder resurrects the slapstick antics of the Animal House era." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video..." more... |
F |
New York Times
Dave Kehr |
"What's lacking is the sense of structure that might have made Van Wilder more than a meandering succession of random gags." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...painfully flat gross-out comedy..." more... |
D |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Even by teen gross-out movie standards Van Wilder makes Sorority Boys look like Some Like It Hot." more... |
D+ |
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