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Van Wilder 3: La Première Année de Fac

Original title: Van Wilder: Freshman Year
  • Video
  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
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Jonathan Bennett and Kristin Cavallari in Van Wilder 3: La Première Année de Fac (2009)
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Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.Van Wilder starts his freshman year at Coolidge College and embarks on an adventure to land the campus hottie and liberate his school from sexual oppression and party dysfunction.

  • Director
    • Harvey Glazer
  • Writers
    • Brent Goldberg
    • David Wagner
    • Todd McCullough
  • Stars
    • Jonathan Bennett
    • Shaun Bowman
    • Kristin Cavallari
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    5.1/10
    15K
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    • Director
      • Harvey Glazer
    • Writers
      • Brent Goldberg
      • David Wagner
      • Todd McCullough
    • Stars
      • Jonathan Bennett
      • Shaun Bowman
      • Kristin Cavallari
    • 36User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Jonathan Bennett
    Jonathan Bennett
    • Van Wilder
    Shaun Bowman
    • Football fan
    • (as Dennis Bowman)
    Kristin Cavallari
    Kristin Cavallari
    • Kaitlin Hayes
    Kurt Fuller
    Kurt Fuller
    • Dean Charles Reardon
    Steve Talley
    Steve Talley
    • Lt. Dirk Arnold
    Nestor Aaron Absera
    Nestor Aaron Absera
    • Farley
    Nick Nicotera
    Nick Nicotera
    • Corporal Benedict
    • (as Nic Nac)
    Jerry Shea
    Jerry Shea
    • Yu Dum Fok
    Meredith Giangrande
    • Eve
    Irene Keng
    Irene Keng
    • Dongmei
    Linden Ashby
    Linden Ashby
    • Vance Wilder Sr.
    Mike Pniewski
    Mike Pniewski
    • General Thomas
    • (as Mike Pinewski)
    Brett Rice
    Brett Rice
    • Sergeant Hayes
    Mike Brune
    • Irving Peppler
    Leland L. Jones
    • Reverend Dawkins
    • (as Leland Jones)
    Dennis Luciani
    • Professor Downs
    Sonny Shroyer
    Sonny Shroyer
    • Coach Bob
    Terrie Thompson
    • Reardon's Wife
    • Director
      • Harvey Glazer
    • Writers
      • Brent Goldberg
      • David Wagner
      • Todd McCullough
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    7kyle-b-3

    It's no Ryan Reynolds...

    ...But it's still pulled off pretty well. What you have to remember is that this movie wasn't created with hopes that it would win an Oscar.

    Sure, it doesn't have what the original title had, but i'm sure fans of Van Wilder will find Freshman Year a movie worthy of a few laughs.

    Jonathan Bennett, who plays Van, plays the character brilliantly and as close to Ryan Reynolds as you can possibly get.

    The ending leaves room for a forth, so I, along with many other fans i'm sure, are hoping for another.

    I can almost certainly say that the majority if not all critics will say only bad things about this movie. But i can certainly say they don't and probably wont ever get the point of movies like this. It's not just another "stoner movie" it's a movie for people who appreciate a laugh.
    4SeriousJest

    This imitation of the original formula doesn't taste as good.

    This movie tries to follow the format of the original film. Thus, there are T&A galore, raunchy humor, bizarre characters, and wild parties. Bennett even kind of looks like Ryan Reynolds.

    But generally, this flick doesn't do it as good as the original. Some of the jokes are kind of funny, but most are tepid or even complete knockoffs of old jokes I've heard before. While the original used eccentric characters and outlandish situations as springboards for humor, this one just goes deep into Bizzaro World (a college run by its ROTC director, who has posted "No Partying" and "No Kissing" signs, and can involuntarily enroll students in ROTC?).

    Bennett decently mimicked Reynolds, but he didn't have the same charisma. Cavallari was charismatic, though, and I liked her as the love interest. Meredith Giangrande was downright sexy as forbidden- fruit Eve.

    If you love being grossed out, this film ups the ante from the first one on the disgusting factor, although that's not particularly my thing. I do have to say, however, that the soft-porn aspects of this film are better than the original. There are scenes involving girls with vibrators, and a sex-ed class that illustrates intriguing positions (although with clothes on, but still), which may almost make you forget you're watching a comedy.
    1canadianspade

    Nothing to Say

    Wanna know a better way to spend an hour and 38 minutes? Beat your head against a wall, you'll get more out of it. Why is there no option for zero stars?
    5RosanaBotafogo

    The best part is when it ends, and the post-credits come, just as strange, but more fun...

    Van Wilder arrives at college after a vacation trip to Amsterdam. The surprise is that Coolidge University is no longer the sexual paradise of his father's time, but has been transformed into a military-style institution by Dean Reardon, who has a real hatred for the Wilders.

    After a reasonable Party Time 2, which was infinitely superior to the first, we have a drastic fall again. Not very fun, cliché, misogynistic (disgusting situations, and unnecessary even for the time), boring, dispensable... Disgusting situations, worse than scatological, unwatchable and that cause such disgust and nausea, Yuck, definitely unpleasant... The best part is when it ends, and the post-credits come, just as strange, but more fun...
    jaziro1

    Actually pretty good

    First, if anyone is watching a National Lampoon movie for Oscar nominations is a fool.

    Second, its actually fairly funny. They just followed the basics.... lots of t&a, a douche bag, a hero, and some chick between the douche bag and the hero.... plus a lot of t&a

    third, the only thing I didn't like is the lack of creativity of the jokes. They basically took a page out of Ace Ventura, and Adam Sandler.

    I think Ryan Reynolds really made the first one good because, well it was Ryan Reynolds. And even though there have been a lot of N. Lapmoon movies, most of them were pretty... lame compared to this.

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    • Trivia
      When the ROTC cadets first appear at Van Wilder's dorm room door, their names are "Benedict" and "Arnold" referencing the famous American Revolutionary general who defected to the British side in 1780.
    • Goofs
      Van's phone is an iPhone 3G. However, the film is supposed to be set in 1995 meaning it is impossible for him to own one.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Dirk Arnold: Well, look what we have here!

      Lt. Dirk Arnold: I haven't seen this many turds since I won that campus hot dog eating contest.

      [Dirk and Benedict laugh]

      Corporal Benedict: Yeah, I haven't seen this many pansies since I was picking flowers yesterday.

      [Benedict laughs, but Dirk gives him a strange look]

      Corporal Benedict: [whispers] Don't you remember I was making that arrangement?

    • Crazy credits
      A very lovely movie that moved me when i was bored
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Memorable School Speeches in Movies (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      You're Gonna Go Far Kid
      Performed by The Offspring

      Written by Dexter Holland (as Bryan Holland)

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2010 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Van Wilder 3
    • Filming locations
      • Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Myriad Pictures
      • National Lampoon
      • Paramount Famous Productions
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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,543
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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