Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

Name: Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: December 1, 2006
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 21
Cast: Daniel Percival, Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan

2006

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: December 1, 2006 | R

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)

Director: Mort Nathan

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Rocco B. Colella

The Rise of Taj is relatively pointless in the scheme of things, but refreshing in what it (mostly) doesn't resort to for laughs. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

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

Scott Tobias

Penn, who probably didn't need this shoddy placeholder after the cult success of "Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle's," acquits himself with a gentle charisma that makes the crudity go down easy. Granted, it's still s---, but with a sweeter odor than usual. Read full review

Jack Mathews

If you liked "Van Wilder," which starred Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid, be warned: The only person returning from the cast is the boring Indian kid Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Kal Penn). Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

While Kal Penn manages a decent lead performance as Taj, the writing is terrible. Read full review

Luke Y. Thompson

So why not a sequel that subtracts the only good thing about the first movie, Ryan Reynolds? When Tara Reid won't even come back, you know things can't be good. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Granted, the state of the indie hipster and/or Big-Man-on-the-Quad aesthetic has probably skewed a bit since I was a frosh, but good lord, man, it can't be this pale an imitation of campus life. I implore you: Go rent "National Lampoon's Animal House" and leave this flaccid wanker alone. Read full review

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Luke_McLaughlin

Jul 25, 2013

Is Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj a cinematic masterpiece? No, not by a long shot, but it does complete what it set out to do. It is a raunchy, college age romp full of inaccurate depictions of college parties, classroom etiquette, and discipline. Had the story been a tad more ambitious IIs Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj a cinematic masterpiece? No, not by a long shot, but it does complete what it set out to do. It is a raunchy, college age romp full of inaccurate depictions of college parties, classroom etiquette, and discipline. Had the story been a tad more ambitious I would possibly rank this film a bit higher, but the truth of the matter is the story has been done a million times over in the exact same way. The film is racist and/or sexist to everyone involved and because of this fact it is easier to excuse the frequent stabs the filmmakers take. This is far from the great film I have ever seen, but it is far from the worst as well.… Expand

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kingshahid

Oct 20, 2011

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.

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MartinS.

Mar 25, 2007

The entire movie was a rolling cliche. What is especially insulting is how these low brow American comedies parody asian culture. Please grow up.