National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

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National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

R,

2006,

1h 38m,

Comedy

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7%

42 Reviews

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38%

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Van Wilder protégé Taj Badalandabad (Kal Penn) heads to England's prestigious Camden University to further his studies and cement his burgeoning reputation as the sultan of sheets. But when he arrives, he learns that he has not been accepted to the Fox and Hounds fraternal guild and, instead, becomes head of a house of student misfits. Taj rises to the challenge by establishing his own society, the Cock and Bulls, and whipping his misfit comrades into academic shape.

Critics Consensus

A low-brow comedy, minus the comedy.

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Reece Pendleton

Chicago Reader

Jul 28, 2009

This is shocking only for its tepidness; except for some raunchy language, it's ready-made for basic cable.

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Randy Cordova

Arizona Republic

Feb 3, 2007

Penn is capable of so much more.

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Stephen Garrett

Time Out

Feb 3, 2007

1/6

National Lampoon recycles countless collegiate comedies for this spin-off sequel.

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Jan 1, 2011

1/5

Lame, horrid sequel is even worse than the first.

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Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Nov 20, 2008

1/5

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Apr 13, 2007

3/5

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

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Albus P

Sep 15, 2018

absolutely awful on every level. zero funny. a shameless copy of the first movie, it's absurd how similar the stories are. and on top of all that, this movie is jam packed with dumb stuff, things that make NO SENSE AT ALL. it was so glaring in so many moments. the amount of dumbness was shocking (1 viewing)

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Hagrid S

Mar 18, 2018

Has pretty much all the same negatives as the original Van Wilder, only without the boon of Ryan Reynolds. It's an interesting idea to hold on to the name of the character in your sequel/spinoff when they don't actually appear in any way. And by interesting I mean stupid and a transparent attempt to cash in on brand recognition. Seriously you could play this exact same movie only call it "England School Dumb Time" and get 100% the same story across. The script calls/builds upon the original in exactly zero ways. Now, that might be a big deal if the original Van Wilder had some sort of actual value, but seeing as it doesn't, Rise of Taj is just another bad, watchable US comedy like so many others, only this one has the rare inclusion of a non-white lead.

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Ron G

Aug 28, 2017

Dumb and not as titillating as I expected slash hoped.

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Mort Nathan

Director

Kal Penn

Taj

Amy Steel

Alexandra

Holly Davidson

Sadie

Daniel Percival

Pip

Steven Rathman

Simon

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Synopsis

Van Wilder protégé Taj Badalandabad (Kal Penn) heads to England's prestigious Camden University to further his studies and cement his burgeoning reputation as the sultan of sheets. But when he arrives, he learns that he has not been accepted to the Fox and Hounds fraternal guild and, instead, becomes head of a house of student misfits. Taj rises to the challenge by establishing his own society, the Cock and Bulls, and whipping his misfit comrades into academic shape.

Director: Mort Nathan
Producer: Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Andrew Panay, Elie Samaha, Natan Zahavi
Screenwriter: David Drew Gallagher
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Tapestry Films, Bauer Martinez Studios, Myriad Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Crude Sexual Content|Language|Some Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 1, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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