#National lampoon van wilder black guy movie#
Some of the reviews in our movie archive. Here to check out the local releases and what's on at Staffordshire The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites "Van Wilder: Party Liaison" opens in UK cinemas on Friday 27th September 2002.įind out more about "Van Wilder: Party Liaison" at The tick list includes semen gags (this time with a ballsy dog and a basket of eclairs), sexually frustrated boys, gratuitously naked girls, and an Erik Estrada cameo - while the plot shuffles to its predictable "let's all hug" climax.Īlthough Reynolds' performance does not suggest a major talent - imagine what a young Jim Carrey could have done with this role - he has enough character to sustain hope of better things and manages to carry a movie that never threatens to raise the unexpected laugh. In-depth profile of a man who seemingly has no profundity at all.Įnthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions, Walt Becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons. Meanwhile, student journalist Gwen (Reid, passable in a dull role) is assigned to write an When his father cuts off his allowance in an attempt to get him to graduate, Wilder sets out to earn his fees by doing what he does best - organising parties for his peers. Reynolds plays eternal student Van Wilder, whose seven years at college have turned him into the coolest guy around but one whose ambitions never stretch further than the next luau.
On this evidence, Reynolds is shaping up nicely to don the offbeat but not-quite-funny-enough mantle of the star of "Vegas Vacation". Under the same National Lampoon banner that produced some of Chase's worst films comes a mediocre campus comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, from TV sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. For anyone bewailing the decline of Chevy Chase's career, relief is at hand.