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Directed by | Bob Dolman Genndy Tartakovsky (animation) |
Screenplay by | Bob Dolman |
Based on | How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell |
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Cinematography | Richard Rutkowski |
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Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $13.1 million[1] |
How to Eat Fried Worms is an American comedy movie. It was based on the children's book of the same name written by Thomas Rockwell. Parents were warned the movie was "gross" but had a worthwhile moral.[2] The movie was rated PG. They also hard to eat worms
The movie centers around an 11-year-old male friends dare. Billy Forrester has to eat 15 worms in 15 days for $50.[3]
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a mild 61%.[4] They said only 47% of audiences liked the movie.[4] Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly gave it a score of 75.[5] He commented "Worms goes light (but not too light) on the gore and the goo."[5] Joanne Kaufman of The Wall Street Journal said "After the first bit of fish bait is consumed, actually even before, this one-trick movie is a tough slog."
Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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Young Artist Awards 2007 – Young Artist Award | Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film | Luke Benward, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Alexander Gould, Adam Hicks, Ryan Malgarini, Ty Panitz, Philip Bolden, Blake Garrett, Andrew Gillingham, Austin Rogers, Nick Krause, Stephan Bender and Alexander Agate | Won |
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress – Best Family Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) | Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Nominated |