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Van Wilder: Freshman Year

2009 · 100 min · Director: Harvey Glazer ★ IMDb 5.1 · 15,714 ratings

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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.

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Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love20%
  3. Smile10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Love. Its IMDb rating of 5.1/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 57/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Joy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Humor
Joy
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorJoyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor45 %45 %25 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor49 %49 %21 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor57 %57 %21 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor63 %63 %20 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor58 %56 %21 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor51 %49 %25 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor55 %54 %20 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor60 %58 %14 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Humor56 %49 %10 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor53 %44 %13 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Humor55 %50 %21 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor59 %57 %20 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor59 %54 %13 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension55 %39 %10 %45 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension55 %36 %18 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Humor60 %50 %28 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Humor63 %56 %33 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Humor61 %55 %35 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Humor58 %55 %30 %23 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KC
Kristin Cavallari

KF
Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller

Dean Charles Reardon

NA
Nestor Aaron Absera

Farley

NN
Nick Nicotera

Corporal Benedict

JR
Jerry Ray Shea

Yu Dum Fok

MG
Meredith Giangrande

Eve

IK
Irene Keng

Dongmei

Linden Ashby

Vance Sr.

Mike Pniewski

General Thomas (as Mike Pinewski)

Brett Rice

Sergeant Hayes

YR
Yvette Rachelle

Blondie

S'
Sarah 'So' Oliver

Hot Girl

AB
Amanda Best

Hot Freshman Girl

MB
Mike Brune

Irving Peppler

DL
Dennis Luciani

Professor Downs

LL
Leland L. Jones

Reverend Dawkins (as Leland Jones)

SB
Shaun Bowman

Football Fan (as Dennis Bowman)

SS
Sonny Shroyer

Coach Bob

Details

Directed by
Harvey Glazer
Written by
Brent Goldberg (characters), David Wagner (characters), Todd McCullough
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
100 min
Country
USA
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.1 · 15,714 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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