How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)

Director:

Bob Dolman

Writers (WGA):

Bob Dolman (screenplay)
Thomas Rockwell (novel)

Release Date:

25 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

New town. New friends. New menu.

Plot:

During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class. |

Plot Keywords:

Child | Bet | New School | Bully | School

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Luke Benward	...	Billy
Hallie Kate Eisenberg	...	Erika
Adam Hicks	...	Joe
Austin Rogers	...	Adam
Alexander Gould	...	Twitch
Ryan Malgarini	...	Benjy
Philip Bolden	...	Bradley (as Philip Daniel Bolden)
Clint Howard	...	Uncle Ed
Ty Panitz	...	Woody
James Rebhorn	...	Boiler Head
Thomas Cavanagh	...	Dad
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Mom
Andrew Gillingham	...	Techno Mouth
Blake Garrett	...	Plug
Alexander Agate	...	Donny

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild bullying and some crude humor.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:(Banned) | Argentina:Atp | USA:PG (certificate #42231) | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Gran Via

Trivia:

On the very first day of shooting, while the boys (minus Luke Benward) were trying out their new bikes, Philip Bolden accidentally hit the back tire of Austin Rogers' bike and crashed, hitting his mouth on the curb and breaking his front teeth. His teeth had to be replaced. The accident left marks on his face that the makeup crew attempted to cover, but are still visible on camera. As the marks healed, they had to be drawn in to maintain continuity.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Billy eats the "Barfmallow", the white goo on his mouth and hands appears and disappears as he jumps around.

Quotes:

Woody: Billy, I have to poop.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Emeril Live" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Get Ready for This

I liked it but ...

I really liked the movie. I remember reading it several times as a kid and was glad to see a movie had been made about the book.

I was kid-sitting for a boy and a girl, ages 11 and 8 and had to talk the girl in to seeing the movie. But happily, at the end, she was glad she saw it and even said that she wanted to buy it on DVD as soon as it came out.

There were some great laugh-out-loud moments and the movie was not as "gross" as I expected it would be ... tho it did rank pretty high up there on the gross-o-meter ...

The only thing I cannot figure out is why they had to have the "dilly" line in there that was done by Woody in reference to his private part ... that to me was the only shocker moment (and you could hear the adults in the audience audibly gasp at that moment in the movie) ... I have no clue why that was put in the movie; it added nothing to the actual movie except for that shock/gasp factor ... other than that, a pretty good movie. Nice to see the "Pepsi" girl all grown up.