How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)

How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)
by Bob Dolman

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Actor: Adam Hicks, Alexander Gould, Austin Rogers, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Luke Benward
Director: Bob Dolman
Brand: NEW LINE HOME VIDEO
Producer: Bob Dolman
Writer: Bob Dolman
Producer: Cale Boyter
Producer: K.C. Hodenfield
Producer: Mark Johnson
Producer: Michael Disco
Writer: Thomas Rockwell
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video

DVD Reviews of How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)

DVD Review: superb!
Summary: 5 Stars

My grandson has watched this DVD a 100 times since I bought this for him. He's almost four and thinks this is the funniest movie he has ever seen. Of course, I think it is disgusting, but then I'm not a kid either.

DVD Review: How to East Fried Worms
Summary: 5 Stars

My grandsons LOVED the movie as did I.

Gloria

DVD Review: Novel in Video form for classroom
Summary: 2 Stars

The movie itself was what I expected as far as its comparison to the novel that we read in my classroom, however, the quality of the actual video and especially the audio was not what I had expected because of prior experiences with Amazon. I will think twice about ordering DVDs from them again because if a return is necessary, the turn around time isn't fast enough. In other words, I could scoot back to the local store to exchange a poor quality product, but I couldn't with Amazon to fulfill my lesson plans.

DVD Review: Classic for tweens... and their parents, too!
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this movie for my kids (7 - 12 y/o). They loved the entire movie, and I can't put enough emphasis on their facial expressions at watching the main character eat worms as part of a dare. I fear for the worms in our own yard! Highly recommended as a clean, family movie.

DVD Review: Entertaining enough, after a slow beginning
Summary: 3 Stars

Billy and his family have just moved to a new town and Billy is forced to attend a new school where he doesn't fit in. Following a run in with the school bully, Billy accepts a dare to eat ten worms in a single day. The rest of the film is simply low-grade gross-out humour that would appeal immensely to 7 year olds, and those suffering from arrested development.

The first half hour (up until the worm eating begins) is slow and not all that funny, I could imagine many children losing interest (I almost gave up), but once the worm eating begins the film picks up a lot. Even though I am about 20 years older than the target audience for this film (I'm 27), I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat to see if Billy would eat all of the worms. Well, not really, but I was still interested in knowing what would happen next and how the film would end. The writer and director did manage to get as much suspense into the film as was possible and for that I applaud them.

My biggest problem with the film was the one token female character, Erika. The sole purpose of this character seems to be to act as a mother to the young male characters in the film and not to participate in any of the fun, simply because she is a girl. Speaking as a female, I was insulted and I don't think this is a good message to send to young girls or young boys. I don't think it would have bothered me if she had been excluded entirely from the film, I can accept that it is realistic that young boys might not want to play with girls, but if girls and boys are being shown playing together, I don't think it is a nice to send the message that girls aren't as fun as boys. You may be thinking that I'm saying this just because I'm an adult, but this was also how I felt when I was a child.

This film is not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon, but you are probably better off renting it rather than buying it. Somehow, I don't think this film is going to become a children's classic.

Description of How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)

Author Thomas Rockwell's hugely popular book, "How to Eat Fried Worms", is now brought to the big screen! On his first day at a new school, eleven-year-old Billy goes up against the school bully in a challenge that ends up with a total gross-out date...to eat 10 worms in one day! As the pressure mounts, Billy must summon all his strength to meet the dare, all the while keeping his weak stomach from betraying him and his big mouth from getting him in even more trouble!

The popular 1973 kid's book How to Eat Fried Worms gets a respectful, straightforward translation with this 2006 movie. When bullies put worms in his thermos, Billy fights back--and only gets in deeper trouble when he makes a stomach-churning bet that he can eat ten worms. Using a variety of cooking schemes, the pack of bullies make a slimy meal even more repulsive, but Billy--to his own surprise--takes on everything they throw at him. As the disgustingness escalates, he discovers that not everyone is what they seem. Though many story elements are changed from the book, How to Eat Fried Worms treats the situation and characters with intelligence and integrity. There are a few cartoonish moments (including some inventive animated sequences), but overall the movie is down-to-earth and sincere, delivering some simple and unforced messages about courage and friendship along with the gross-out humor. The kids--including Luke Benward (Because of Winn-Dixie) as Billy and Hallie Kate Eisenberg (probably best known from a series of popular Pepsi ads) as a too-tall girl who shares Billy's outsider status--aren't overly slick, and the scenes between Billy and his father (Tom Cavanaugh, from the TV show Ed) feel honest and unpatronizing. A modest but heartfelt movie. --Bret Fetzer

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