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How to Eat Fried Worms
(2006, Rated PG, Family and kids, Starring Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Adam Hicks, Tom Cavanagh)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
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Common Sense says
A gross-out movie with a sweet story.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About How to Eat Fried Worms
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.
Read our full review by Jane Boursaw
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the best way to fit into a new situation. What's the best way to make friends? How can you help new kids feel welcome? Was Billy right to mouth off at the school bully on his first day at school? Should he have taken the challenge to eat the worms? How could he have handled it differently? What could his parents have done to help him out? What was the real reason for Joe's bullying?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
345
They had to kill to many worms it Violent
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
cool
this movie encludes some very brief sexual content and grusome images.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
I like it
I like this movie!
- I rate this title on for age 4 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
ungross
not gross pretty good movie
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
Got to know your child
My son loved it. My daughter didn't even want to be in the same room while it was playing because it was too gross. She and I did something else together. Parents, this move is painful to watch as an adult (i.e. no thinking required, gross and over acted, which is why fourth grade boys probably love it).
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Good for younger kids
Its good for kids younger then 12. I took my 12 year old and he didnt like it. My 8 year old did. Its a movie thrown towards younger kids. Of course i didnt enjoy it all but i guess it would be good for younger kids.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
horrible
The plot is dumb the acting is a discrace and its plain unintertaning the only reason i was able to get through it was cause i was forced to watch it.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Loved this movie!
I watched this movie with my 8 year old son. I'd read the book, so I knew the story. Since my son is very small for his age, he gets bullied on the playground by kids he doesn't know, and I knew he would really connect with the theme. I loved the ending. And I especially loved how real and natural the kids were in this movie -- like real kids. I'm sure we'll be watching this DVD a lot in the next few months. A winner!!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
one of my personal favorites!
surely loved this movie.it was well paced and just a pure masterpiece.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Rude 'n crude, but fine for kids 8+
Sexual Content (Not an Issue): We briefly see animated Woody's bare bottom. A teacher says "bust of Nefertiti" and students laugh. Woody tells Billy to stop hitting his bike, "it's hurting my dilly dink." Violence (Not an Issue): We see an animated character start to fill up with blood and die, but it's played for laughs and very lightly. Language (Pause): Two child-based slang terms for male genitals ("dilly dink"). Social Behavior (Pause): Joe and his thugs have a condescending, bad attitude towards Billy and Erica. Seeing as this is a movie about consuming worms, crude humor is prevalent. Commercialism (Not an Issue): None. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): None.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
This movie is fun for everyone! It is funny, too! There is nothing wrong with this movie, and i recomend it for all kids ages 5+!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
GROSS!!!!!!
This movie is gross and if you have a quezzy stomach DON'T WATCH THIS IT IS GROSS
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A good movie for 9 year olds like me
I loved this movie. It was basically about this kid named Billy who starts a new school and has no friends at that school. Some kids in the school, one day, put worms in Billy's lunch, so Billy laughs it off by saying that he eats worms all the the time. He ends up throwing one in Joe's face. So Joe makes a bet with Billy that Billy can't eat 1 worm. Billy says he can eat 10 worms so they end up having a bet that Billy can't eat 10 worms in 1 day. The loser has to come to school with worms in his pants. They have the bet that Saturday. You predict, will Billy eat the worms and make Joe come to school with worms in his pants?
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Good But dont see if you dont like gross movies
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Very Bully-centric
My 9-year old son was entertained, BUT I felt too much of the "entertainment" is at the expense of other characters...lots of teasing, name-calling, bullying, victimizing, etc. I almost wish we hadn't watched it, even though everyone "makes nice" in the end...Try "Hoot" (environmental message) or "Holes" (for older kids) instead.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great Movie, but bad for all teenagers.
This movie probably wanted to lure all fourth graders to the big screen instead of all other summer movies. There are a few references to privates including "sphincter", and the younger son was about to call his private part a d--k, but his playmate stopped him. After you get past all of that, it is an overall great movie for elementary school students, but don't expect to see a teenager there; if you do,it is very rare. Great movie!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I loved it!
I loved this movie. I loved Blake Garrett(Plug) more! This movie was awesome, although I would not recomend it for someone who throws up easily(like Billy). I recomend it for everyone else(especially girls who are boycazy, like me).
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i was grossed out
pretty good but gross! go on an empty stomach!!!plot ok
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