...Isn't about or for anyone past puberty.
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09/16/06
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How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:12
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.8/10
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
Top CriticIt’s actually kind of disgusting and gross, and I’m sure that’s the point, but I don’t see the entertainment value in watching a kid eat one worm after another, after another, after another.
08/28/06
Top CriticThis is a story that could have gone way too far in the direction of the touching tale illustrating how kids overcome their fear of being ridiculed -- but instead maintains a buoyant irreverence.
08/25/06
Top CriticWorms has its share of kid-friendly gross-outs but is actually a sweet-natured look at standing up to bullies.
08/25/06
Top CriticIt's a pleasant and well-intentioned end of summer diversion that doesn't possess the imagination-stoking qualities of a premier children's movie.
08/25/06
Top CriticUnhealthy eating is paired with a wholesome message, as the story encourages youngsters to be themselves, keep their word and accept kids who are different.
08/25/06
Top CriticA blandly inoffensive ‘After School Special’-type comedy based on a perennially popular children's book.
08/25/06
Top CriticI hope life doesn’t imitate art in the other fun movie opening this week, an adaptation of Thomas Rockwell’s gross-out 1972 kids’ classic How to Eat Fried Worms.
08/25/06
Top CriticHere's hoping its old-fashioned sensibility appeals to contemporary kids, because we could certainly use more movies as smart and sweet as this one.
08/25/06
Top CriticWhat we have here is a 90-minute worm-eating contest, a spectacle that could be of interest only to robins, small-mouth bass and eight-to-11-year-old boys. Girls, don't bother. Parents and guardians, if you have to go, plan to take a nap.
08/25/06
Top CriticSomewhere in How to Eat Fried Worms is a message about keeping your word and the pitfalls of peer pressure.
08/25/06
Top CriticIssues 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
Top CriticAn appealing juvenile cast distinguishes this otherwise uneven live-action adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's 1973 young adult book.
08/25/06
Top CriticIf 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
Top CriticIt's nice to spend time in a mostly sunny world where everyone ends up happy. Except, that is, for the worms.
08/24/06
Top CriticThe film version of Thomas Rockwell's 1973 book proves refreshingly free of the customary blights that affect most modern childrens movies, notably adult condescension.
08/24/06
Top CriticKids 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 CriticIn 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 CriticIf 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 CriticIt never manages, under the guidance of director Bob Dolman, to feel as if it's penetrated actual boys' lives.
08/24/06
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