The movie concentrates on Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds), who has been attending college for far too many years. It seems that Van is scared to graduate. Van’s dad finally realizes what is going on and stops paying tuition. Now it is up to Van to come up with the money if he wants to stay in college. He and his friends come up with a great idea of throwing parties in order to make money. Easy thing to do, considering, Van likes to party. However, the college magazine finds out, and college reporter Gwen (Tara Reid) is sent out to do a story about Van Wilder. Then, things get a little complicated.