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Van Wilder: Freshman Year

2009 · 100 min

A silly, raunchy campus comedy that breezes by with cartoonish pranks and lowbrow laughs.

Directed by
Harvey Glazer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
The man. The myth. The beginning.
Overview
It is freshman year at Coolidge College and Van Wilder is ready to party. To his dismay, all the girls have taken a vow of chastity and the dean rules the school. Van embarks on a crusade to land the campus hottie, Kaitlin, and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.

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Directed by
Harvey Glazer
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • rebellion
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • friendship
  • freedom
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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National Lampoon's Van Wilder Collection

  1. National Lampoon's Van WilderMovie · 2002
  2. Van Wilder 2: The Rise of TajMovie · 2006
  3. Van Wilder: Freshman YearMovie · 2009 This title

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Harvey Glazer
Written by
Todd McCullough
Starring
Jonathan Bennett, Kristin Cavallari, Kurt Fuller, Steve Talley, Nestor Aaron Absera, Nick Nicotera, Jerry Ray Shea, Meredith Giangrande
Music
Nathan Wang
Cinematography
Shawn Maurer
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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