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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about National Lampoon's Van Wilder
A female writer for the college newspaper is given the task of writing a story on the school's most popular student, who's been there for 7 years and has no interest in graduating. The girl tries to get a story, but the guy doesn't want to divulge. He falls in love with the girl, but she has a boyfriend. The student starts a prank war with the girl's boyfriend. The girl convinces the student to become more serious and finally graduate and the student convinces the girl that her boyfriend is a jerk and that she should be with him instead.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar

A student named Van Wilder is the most popular student on campus and has been for his 7 years in enrollment. A female reporter comes along and starts to write a story on him and Van and her soon realize that the reason he never graduated was because of his fears for his future.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar


Analysis of National Lampoon's Van Wilder
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Age group - trouble in college
Sexing? - girl chasing

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Unclothed? - Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight - (woman) long straight
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - none - a deadline
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%

Setting
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - school

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - kissing - seeing breasts - seeing nude male butt - sex under blankets
Any profanity? - Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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