How to Eat Fried Worms

Name: How to Eat Fried Worms
Released: 2006-8-25
Cast: Luke Benward, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Austin Rogers, Alexander Gould

PG
1h 23m
2006

61%

age 9+

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How to Eat Fried Worms tells the story of Billy (Luke Benward - "We Were Soldiers," "Because of Winn-Dixie"), an 11-year old who, on his first day at a new school, inadvertently challenges the town bully. To save face and earn the respect of his new classmates, Billy agrees to a bet-- whether he can eat 10 worms in 1 day -- that will determine his fate at the school. As the pressure mounts, he must summon heroic strength to keep his 5-year-old brother from blabbing, his weak stomach from betraying him, and his big mouth from getting him into more trouble than he's already in. Starring Golden Globe-nominee Tom Cavanaugh (TV's "Ed," "Bang Bang You're Dead"), Kimberly Williams-Paisley ("Father of the Bride I & II," "We Are Marshall"), James Rebhorn ("Scent of a Woman,""Baby Mama"), and Hallie Kate Eisenberg ("The Insider," "Bicentennial Man").

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

61%

Critics Consensus: This Fear Factor for kids is good-natured and tasty enough.

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

Properly paced and approximately just over 90 minutes long, parents will be delighted to know that they might enjoy the film as much as their children.

November 21, 2020

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Screenwriter/director Bob Dolman has very much captured the spirit and innocence of the book.

A gross-out movie with a sweet story.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Sacramento News & Review

Jim Lane

June 21, 2017

Film Journal International

Shirley Sealy

[The actors are] all believably mischievous--and, when the need arises, they're also convincingly courageous in taking a moral stand.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 9+

Common Sense Says

A gross-out movie with a sweet story.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this movie is gross, which is probably why it will appeal to fourth-graders everywhere. There's also some crude potty humor and mild profanity, as well as name-calling and bullying. But the message is straightforward and simple: It's okay to stand up for yourself, and sometimes, you have to eat worms (or in grown-up terms, do something you don't want to do) in order to gain the courage needed to get by in this crazy world.