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10/18/08
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.
Reviews for How to Eat Fried Worms
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08/07/08
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03/09/07
[The actors are] all believably mischievous--and, when the need arises, they're also convincingly courageous in taking a moral stand.
03/01/07
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
03/01/07
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12/30/06
not particularly original or effective
12/02/06
...Isn't about or for anyone past puberty.
09/16/06
"How to Eat Fried Worms" is a tasty little treat for grade-school kids.
09/01/06
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
This is a movie for kids in the 8-12 range who see it as something that reflects their own lives. You may not care about How to Eat Fried Worms, but your kids will.
08/31/06
Yes, the movie can be outstandingly irritating. But it's also a lot of fun, with keen instincts on kids' love for the gross-out.
08/30/06
One of the most amateurish essays in excruciating tedium I've encountered in a year that's hardly lacked for tedium.
08/30/06
...The direction is lackluster, the child actors – with the exception of Eisenberg – are pretty dismal, and the whole thing is about 15 minutes too long.
08/29/06
The lessons about bullying and standing up for yourself aren't forced too strongly, giving How to Eat Fried Worms the same appeal as the best Little Rascals shorts.
08/28/06
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.
08/28/06
bears all the hallmarks of a low-grade kiddie matinee, including... cardboard characters and several incidents in which people scream and run around for no apparent reason, except possibly to keep the audience from dozing off.
08/28/06
Some adults may not enjoy 'How To Eat Fried Worms.' But that doesn't matter: this one is strictly for the kids -- who will no doubt eat it up.
08/26/06
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08/26/06
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.
08/25/06
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