National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj harnesses smut and silliness to an oddly innocent tale of true love.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The laughs are low, the breasts are high, and the film is instantly forgettable.
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San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
While Kal Penn manages a decent lead performance as Taj, the writing is terrible.
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New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack 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).
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
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.
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The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
So blatantly not funny that it might as well have been called "National Geographic's Van Wilder 2."
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VarietyDennis Harvey
VarietyDennis Harvey
The four-years-in-the-making, badly recycled (not to mention awful) sequel might stain the honor of the Lampoon label if it hadn't already produced several even worse films.