Van Wilder
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: April 5, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
8
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
The film's sheer likability and very impressive gag-to-giggle ratio derive more from sweetness and sharpness than from shit jokes. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
While not for every taste, this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy goes a long way toward restoring the luster of the National Lampoon film franchise. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Studded with Lampoon/John Hughes anachronisms. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
The result is a movie that is both laugh-out-loud funny and cringe-worthily silent. Read full review
50
VarietyScott Foundas
There's nary a comic idea in Van Wilder that isn't ripped off from a recent Farrelly brothers movie. But that doesn't stop Van Wilder from being very funny, provided you're not easily offended. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerEllen A. Kim
The gags on which it rests its laughs have been lifted from every other raucous comedy, campus-oriented or not. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The laugh-out-loud jokery is in short supply, and Reynolds and Reid's kicky charm only goes so far. Bluto Blutarsky, we miss you. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDave Kehr
What's lacking is the sense of structure that might have made Van Wilder more than a meandering succession of random gags. Read full review
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