Yes, it's a gross-out comedy, but safe for younger viewers.
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08/25/06
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How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
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Reviews Counted:70
Fresh:40
Rotten:30
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: This Fear Factor for kids is good-natured and tasty enough.
Theatrical Release:Aug 25, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $13,022,756
Synopsis: Thomas Rockwell's classic children's novel is adapted to the big screen in this delightful, touching adventure. Billy (charming newcomer Luke Benward, BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE) has just moved with his... [More]
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Reviews for How to Eat Fried Worms
Ridiculously uneven but largely good fun.
08/25/06
No worms were harmed in the making of "How to Eat Fried Worms," but one classic book was.
08/24/06
Kids won't get hit over the head with the messages, but they're not buried so deeply as to be indecipherable.
08/24/06
Top CriticHow to Eat Fried Worms is a lot tastier than its title implies.
08/22/06
Top CriticThough Fried Worms is not a kids' movie that adults should run out and see, it is a kids' movie that adults should run out and take their kids to.
08/24/06
Anarchic but charmingly authentic.
08/25/06
If it grows more genial as it pokes along, it still feels like a lesser Nickelodeon special, with adults who are shrill cartoons and kids who are one-note character tics.
08/25/06
The anti-bullying message, which is the heart of the story, is too insistent, as the concocting and consuming of the ghastly worm-based snacks very quickly begins to point to a too-obvious conclusion.
08/25/06
An appealing juvenile cast distinguishes this otherwise uneven live-action adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's 1973 young adult book.
08/25/06
Issues like family harmony, justice, righting wrongs and telling the truth never go out of fashion and that comes across strong and clear in this less-than-perfect, but still solid, feel-good film.
08/25/06
If your stomach doesn't churn a bit after hearing the title of the children's movie How to Eat Fried Worms, the picture itself may finish the job.
08/24/06
Top CriticThis unpromising set-up actually leads into an entertaining look into male posturing, overcoming new-kid syndrome, and a lesson on standing up for yourself and keeping your word.
08/24/06
Throughout this fifth-grade Fear Factor, there are scattered lessons on the ills of bullying, the benefit of being true to yourself, the joy of true friendship. But really, what boy is going to remember a moral when there's an exploding worm?
08/31/06
An admirable children's movie that hides a surprisingly palatable lesson about growing up behind the gross-out come-on of its title.
08/25/06
In too many kid-oriented films, the child actors mouth off like small, sassy adults -- Here, the kids, refreshingly, act like kids.
08/24/06
Top CriticJettisons nearly everything about the book except a few character names and the gross-out subject matter… Didn't anyone involved stop and say, 'Wait a minute — this isn't overcoming bullying, this is bullying'?
08/25/06
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10/18/08
Somewhere in How to Eat Fried Worms is a message about keeping your word and the pitfalls of peer pressure.
08/25/06
A shrewd, mostly unsentimental portrait about childhood peer relationships and those first few cursory steps toward growing up.
08/24/06
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