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Who’s in it: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush.
What it’s about: A poet (Ledger) and a painter (Cornish) descend into where’s-the-next-fix-coming-from despair.
Worth watching? (star)(star) 1/2
“Ledger, shuffling, mumbling and likable, and Cornish, sunny and salubrious until her character’s body (and soul) goes to hell, give it their all. And that’s almost enough.”
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Note to readers: “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder–The Rise of Taj” was not prescreened for critics.




