Van Wilder

National Lampoon's Van Wilder (released internationally as Van Wilder: Party Liaison) is a 2002 German-American romantic comedy film directed by Walt Becker and written by Brent Goldberg and David T. Wagner. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as the title character alongside Tara Reid, Kal Penn, and Tim Matheson. National Lampoon's Van Wilder follows the exploits of its lead character Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds), a seventh year senior, who has made his life goal in helping undergrads at Coolidge College succeed in life. An article is then written by Gwen Pearson, played by Reid, bringing to light Van Wilders college adventures which attracts the attention of Van's father, played by Matheson, which leads to his tuition being cut off. Van Wilder becomes embroiled in a relationship between Gwen and her unsavory boyfriend, Richard "Dick" Bagg (Daniel Cosgrove) and his struggle to graduate.

Plot

Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is an extremely popular student at Coolidge College who has been in school for seven years. For the past six semesters he has made no effort to graduate, instead spending his time organizing parties and fundraisers, doing charity work, helping other students, and posing for figure drawing classes. However, when Van's father (Tim Matheson) discovers that Van is still in college, he decides to stop paying Van's tuition.

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