How To Eat Fried Worms
On his first day at a new school, eleven-year-old Billy inadvertently incurs the wrath of a bully and finds himself in an unappetizing predicament: to eat 10 worms in one day or face the consequences!
19 March 1995, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
15 January 1947, Portland, Maine, USA
8 April 1999, California, USA
28 November 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
26 October 1963, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 May 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 August 1992, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
12 June 1992, Renton, Washington, USA
8 February 1995, Houston, Texas, USA
13 May 1969, Tacoma, Washington, USA
January 01, 2011
A gross-out movie with a sweet story.
March 01, 2007
With its universal themes about fitting in, How To Eat Fried Worms is an endearing family film guaranteed to provide a wriggling good time. While the premise has a certain gross-out factor which will delight eleven year old boys, the script is clever, and
August 25, 2006
This 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.
September 02, 2006
Of course, the adults don't matter much compared with the middle-school version of the Crips, and the young cast is enjoyable indeed.
August 25, 2006
Take the kids to see How to Eat Fried Worms, but hold off on forking over the usual princely sum at the concession stand.
August 28, 2006
It'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.
August 25, 2006
It's a pleasant and well-intentioned end of summer diversion that doesn't possess the imagination-stoking qualities of a premier children's movie.
August 25, 2006
Worms has its share of kid-friendly gross-outs but is actually a sweet-natured look at standing up to bullies.
March 01, 2007
[The actors are] all believably mischievous--and, when the need arises, they're also convincingly courageous in taking a moral stand.
September 01, 2006
"How to Eat Fried Worms" is a tasty little treat for grade-school kids.
September 16, 2006
...Isn't about or for anyone past puberty.
December 02, 2006
not particularly original or effective
