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Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 39 Fresh: 3  Rotten:36 Average Rating: 2.8/10
 
Consensus: A low-brow comedy, minus the comedy.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Synopsis: The legacy of perpetual college party-man Van Wilder lives on in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ, as his former apprentice Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn) takes the torch to jolly old England, where he is continuing his education at stuffy Camford University. At first... The legacy of perpetual college party-man Van Wilder lives on in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ, as his former apprentice Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn) takes the torch to jolly old England, where he is continuing his education at stuffy Camford University. At first things look bleak for Taj, despite his gleaming newfound confidence and hip makeover from his days at Coolidge College, as he is rejected by the prestigious fraternity, Fox and Hounds, and ends up boarding with a group of misfits. Driven to live up to his former mentor's good name and also to make his father proud, Taj sets out to prove his big-man-on-campus potential by unabashedly leading his outcast housemates in an attempt to defeat the wealthy elite of Camford in a range of competitions for the coveted Hastings Cup. Like its predecessor, the film is chockful of vulgar humor and sophomoric antics. Although Taj is the only character to appear from the first VAN WILDER (with the exception of Wilder's pet bulldog), many of the plot points are predictably similar. Occasionally peeking through the excessive sexual references, outrageous gags, and cringe-worthy debauchery is a laugh-out-loud film that encourages the underdog and thumbs its nose at the establishment. Much like the grandfather of all college films, ANIMAL HOUSE (1978), VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ examines the lighter side of higher education, pointing out that its not only about earning a diploma but also about discovering one's potential--and not forgetting to have fun along the way. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Anthony Cozens, Kal Penn, Holly Davidson, Daniel Percival, Amy Steel

Director: Mort Nathan
Producer: Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Elie Samaha
Screenwriter: Brent Goldberg
Composer: Robert Folk

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 3, 2009

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes - 1. "Union Jack-Offs: The Making of the Rise of Taj"
  • 2. "On Set in Romania: Kal Penn Tours The Barn"
  • Gag Reel
  • Music Videos - 1. "Get Steady" - Jonny Lives!
  • 2."Heads Will Roll" - Marion Raven
  • Trailers

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3/5

Screw Tara Reid! Who needs her in this movie. We've got a cockney girl with huge knockers.

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04/13/07
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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1.5/5

prefers to dwell in deep direct-to-DVD juvenility.

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03/27/07
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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02/03/07
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Arizona Republic
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1.5/4

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Los Angeles Daily News
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1/6

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Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
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0/5

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02/03/07
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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0/4

From haphazard editing to clueless cinematography to godawful acting to gaping plot holes to zero laughs to low production values, this sorry sequel has all the earmarks of your classic 'take the money and run' ripoff.

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12/25/06
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine
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1/5

...original star Ryan Reynolds wisely took a pass on coming back for more...

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12/10/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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C-

Granted, it's still ****, but with a sweeter odor than usual.

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12/08/06
Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club
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C

Everything old is old again in this rickety extension of 2002's already rickety Van Wilder.

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12/06/06
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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There was a hedonistic amorality and joyous celebration of privilege in the first Van Wilder that's missing from its sequel. That's fine with me. I hated that movie.

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12/04/06
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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1/4

Taj plays like a very bad combination of Revenge of the Nerds and Harry Potter.

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12/04/06
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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2.5/5

Britain and India face off in National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, a strained attempt to transplant the American campus comedy to more uptight shores.

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12/04/06
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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1/5

Ill-conceived.

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12/04/06
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine
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1/4

Van Wilder 2's sense of numbing familiarity is not enhanced by director Mort Nathan's apparent unfamiliarity with the entire filmmaking process.

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12/04/06
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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1.5/5

Some movies are Hollywood's version of littering: Like half-eaten pizzas or rancid burgers, these flicks are tossed aside to rot in empty cinemas.

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12/04/06
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies
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1.5/4

Dude, where are my laughs?

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12/04/06
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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It's hard to fathom why this didn't go straight to video, or maybe even YouTube.

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12/04/06
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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