Van Wilder: Party Planner - Is National Lampoon going gay? Jamie had rented VW while I was out of town and we sat down to watch it this evening. We both agree that cutie Ryan Reynolds' lead role seems custom written for a homo, and he plays it spot on. Sure he's got a heterosexual love interest (poor Tara Reid with the exuberant days of American Pie burst like a tech bubble), but the character played by the sexy, 6'3", 26-year-old is remarkably campy. His constant wise-cracking, carried off with just a hint of an unselfconscious Big Gay Al lisp, yields a distinctly homo vibe. Think Jeff Corwin. Putting aside the Tom Green-ish gross-out humor, the movie wasn't nearly as bad as you'd expect. I'd give it a B- (crediting mostly for the constant screen presence of the charismatic Reynolds.) I even thought RW Hawaii's Teck Holmes does a surprisingly competent job in his supporting role.