Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
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21 out of 100

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3.4 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Starring: Daniel Percival, Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan
  • Summary: In this sequel to "National Lampoon's Van Wilder," Taj (Penn), Van Wilder's assistant in the first film, heads out on his own and heads to England's prestigious Camden University to further his studies. Along the way, he adopts a group of misfits and shows the uptight student body how to get Wilder! (MGM)… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 11 out of 14
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Rocco B. Colella
    63
    The Rise of Taj is relatively pointless in the scheme of things, but refreshing in what it (mostly) doesn't resort to for laughs.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    50
    Everything old is old again in this rickety extension of 2002's already rickety "Van Wilder."
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Ryan Reynolds isn't around this time - and neither is most of the wit.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    30
    National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj harnesses smut and silliness to an oddly innocent tale of true love.

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 7 out of 7
  1. kingshahid
    3
    This movie doesn't have much comedy, a story that is uninteresting, and a character that is overdone and outdated. I couldn't sit through the whole thing but forced myself to, should have stopped when I felt the movie was pointless the first time.… Expand
  2. MartinS.
    2
    The entire movie was a rolling cliche. What is especially insulting is how these low brow American comedies parody asian culture. Please grow up.
  3. RickS.
    1
    Look America is just not ready yet for an indian actor for lead. Now "White Castle" was just a movie they got lucky on, but this is just horrid. For some reason the rest of Hollywood can't see, KAL PENN is just not funny, there's just something about his timing and his expressions. He's trying to be cool and funny at the same time, sort of a drunk guy say this joke is gonna make you laugh before he tells you. I know he went to college for a few years to study acting, but as a lead, you just can't sit through this seeing him over and over. If this had been John Cho, he might have pulled it off. Nerd is not funny, I don't care what movie your in, but this was like "cool nerd" and it just didn't work. My advice is to stay away from this movie.… Expand
  4. RyanN.
    1
    The heavy use of cliche makes it extrememly insulting to both Indian and British people. After the previous film and Harold and Kumar, I was expecting a movie rather better than this rancid pile of mystery droppings.… Expand

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