raechullx3
i thought this movie was awesome =) everyone did a great job the only thing is i don't think like really little kids should see it like 6 & 7 year old only because i think they might be like freaking out i don't know my opinion.I like woody the best especially the bicycle part that was hilarious i was dieing on the floor =]Austin rogers was such a dork.hes so dorky & i think everyone can relate to him there's something about him he tries to make it clear,,it doesn't matter what you look like what you wear your friends & family love you for who you are not what someone makes you.Adam hicks played really good at being a bully i have a lot of him in my school...girl version of him.girls in my school are so horrible and i think in this movie they make it clear that kindness=friendship if your not kind you'll end up with no friends.i love when Andrew Gillinghamstands up to Joe and that shows him that hes not afraid to stand up to anyone.Blake Garret is just flat out gorgeous hes so hot i showed my friends him & they couldn't get away from the TV when i put the movie on hes so hot but hes also a follower he follows Joe and so does Benjy Bradley and Donny.everyone can relate to billy Luke Benward we all had to start a new school there's always gonna be that one odd ball but don't always judge a book by its cover there's more to people then just whats on the outside.I had this new girl come to my school & she was sitting all alone at lunch & me & my friend sat with her & as we got to know her she was really nice.So you always have to find those people there's good people & bad people out there.Now in this movie everybody judged billy as just the new kid,but as he started to eat the worms i thought they pretty much all connected except Joe he was an oddball but at the end he was becoming more open i would love to see the same kids play in other movies too i think they have a great personality off-screen & on-screen
Robert_Hearth
"How to Eat Fried Worms" (2006) Directed By: Bob Dolman Starring: Luke Benward, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Austin Rogers, Alexander Gould, Clint Howard, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ty Panitz & Thomas Cavanagh MPAA Rating: "PG" (for mild bullying and some crude humor) I had read "How to Eat Fried Worms" when I was younger, but I hadn't even thought about it for years. When I heard they were making it into a movie, I remembered reading it, but nothing else about it. I saw the trailer and, I must admit, that I didn't really get the feeling that this would be a good movie. In fact, the trailer made it look gross and, ultimately, just didn't make me want to see the movie at all. In a world where trailers often show the best parts of the movie, a trailer that makes the film look bland is never a good sign. When critics greeted it with a surprisingly warm reception (I expected it to be much, much colder), I actually got excited. Could it possibly be that the trailer was just a bad trailer for a good movie? It has happened before. When I finally saw "How to Eat Fried Worms", I realized that the trailer definitely was misleading, though not completely wrong. It is far better than its advertisements suggested, though still just an average kids' film. It will entertain the kids, though parents will probably be grossed out and, ultimately, it just isn't anything special. "Average" is a word I have had to use far too much lately and, unfortunately, it is the word that sums up "How to Eat Fried Worms" as well.Billy (Benward) is the new kid at school and is, automatically, the target of the school's bully, Joe (Hicks). When Joe switches Billy's lunch with a bunch of live worms, Billy, not wanting to let Joe think he is upset, pretends to love eating worms and thus a battle of wits ensues. Joe bets Billy that Billy can't eat ten worms and Billy accepts the bet. Whoever loses will have to come to school with worms in their pants. How many times have we heard a plot similar to this--the new kid at school becoming the target of the token bully? If there has ever been a more tired plot beginner then I have never seen it. But, this is not the only thing that is clichéd in "How to Eat Fried Worms"? The middle and the end have also been done before, leaving absolutely no room for imagination or surprises. We have seen this all before.The performances in "How to Eat Fried Worms" are about what you would expect from its young cast. They are by no means award-worthy, but they all serve their purpose well enough, I suppose. And besides, the target audience really won't be complaining about underwhelming performances. Luke Benward carries the movie, because he is in almost every scene. He does a nice job…no complaints here. Hallie Kate Eisenberg, despite having starred in a few big Hollywood productions, is probably best known for starring in a series of Pepsi commercials. Here, she really isn't given much to do, but she does with it what she can. Adam Hicks pretty much plays the same old bully we have seen over and over again, time after time. I can't blame him for this, because he is a fourteen year old actor who probably hasn't seen a lot of the performances from which his character was ripped off. The rest of the cast does a decent job. It all worked well enough."How to Eat Fried Worms" is a horribly unoriginal movie. It was so clichéd and stereotypical that there was practically no room for creativity or originality. Unfortunately, for everyone who has seen even a quarter of the movies produced by Hollywood each year, there really isn't much of a reason to see this…however, "How to Eat Fried Worms" was not made for these people. It was made for kids…and, for kids, "How to Eat Fried Worms" is a solid enough watch. It's a safe film, despite being gross and almost completely repulsive, but kids will enjoy it. Parents probably won't. "How to Eat Fried Worms" is made specifically for its target audience and that audience will like it. Did I enjoy it? Well, I'm going to recommend it, but it isn't a movie that I would go out of my way to watch again. If I am ever watching television one lazy Saturday afternoon and "How to Eat Fried Worms" comes on, then I would probably watch it again. Despite being glaringly obvious, it's a comical movie that kids will have fun with it…even if parents will find it to be rather dull and completely uninventive.Final Thought: Kids will like it…regardless of how clichéd it is.Overall Rating: 5/10 (B-)
SpudV
It started out slow after an excellent animated intro, as the director had a bunch of characters and school setting to develop. Once the bet is on, though, the movie picks up the pace as it's a race against time to see if a certain number of worms can be eaten by 7 pm. We had a good opportunity on the way home to discuss some things with our son: bullies, helping others, mind over matter when you don't want to do something.Of special note is the girl who played Erica (Erk): Hallie Kate Eisenberg. The director kinda sneaks her in unexpectedly, and when she is on-screen she is captivating. She's one of those "Hey, she looks familiar" faces, and then I remembered that she was the little girl that Pepsi featured about 8 years ago. She was also in "Paulie", that movie about the parrot who tries to find his way home.Ms. Eisenberg made many TV and movie appearances in '99-00, but then was not seen much for the next few years. She's now 14 and is growing up to be a beautiful woman. Her smile really warms up the screen. If she can get some more good roles she could have as good a career (or better?) than Haley Joel Osment, another three named kid actor, but hopefully without some of the problems that Osment has been in lately.Anywhozitz, according to my 8 y.o. son, who just finished reading the story, the film did not seem to follow the book all that well, but was entertaining none the less. The ending of the film seemed like a big setup for some sequels (How to Eat Boiled Slugs? Escargot Kid's Style?), which might not be such a bad thing. It was nice to take the family to a movie and not have to worry about language, violence or sex scenes.One other good aspect of the movie was the respect/fear engendered by the principal Mr. Burdock (Boilerplate). Movies nowadays tend to show adult authority figures as buffoons. While he has one particular goofy scene, he ruled the school with a firm hand. It was also nice to see Andrea Martin getting some work.
