How to Eat Fried Worms (film)
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| How to Eat Fried Worms | |
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 How to Eat Fried Worms movie poster |
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| Directed by | Bob Dolman |
| Produced by | Mark Johnson Philip Steuer |
| Written by | Bob Dolman (screenplay) Thomas Rockwell (book) |
| Starring | Thomas Cavanagh Kimberly Williams |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh Robert Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Richard Rutkowski |
| Editing by | Janice Hampton Frederick Wardell |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | August 25, 2006 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million |
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| United States: | PG |
How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 film based on the children's book of the same name.
The DVD for the film was released on December 5, 2006.
Also, this film is banned in Malaysia.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Billy Forrester (Luke Benward) has moved from his town with his parents (Thomas Cavanagh)((Kimberly Williams-Paisley)) and his little brother, Woody (Ty Panitz). After they move to their new house, Billy says he doesn't want to go to school. He actually did go, not wanting to though. When he arrives at school, Joe Guire (Adam Hicks) and his gang, Benjy, Bradley, Plug, Techno Mouth, Donny and Twitch stare at him and call him Billy F. Plug and Bradley eventually steal his lunch box. They come back to the classroom, acting normal.Billy sits in back of Erika, an oversized girl who people make fun of. At lunch, Billy is about to eat when Plug tells him "have a delicious lunch".
[edit] Cast
- Luke Benward .... Billy Forrester A. K. A. Wormboy
- Hallie Kate Eisenberg .... Erika
- Adam Hicks .... Joe Guier
- Austin Rogers .... Adam Simms
- Alexander Gould .... Twitch
- Ryan Malgarini .... Benjy
- Philip Bolden .... Bradley
- Clint Howard .... Uncle Ed
- Andrew Gillingham .... Techno Mouth
- Blake Garrett .... Plug
- Alexander Agate .... Donny Pickett
- Ty Panitz .... Woody
- Thomas Cavanagh .... Billy's Dad
- Kimberly Williams .... Billy's Mom
- James Rebhorn .... Principal "Boiler Head" Burdock
- David Bewley .... Rob Simon
- Nick Krause .... Nigel Guier
- Tom Brainard .... Officer Penrod
- Jo Ann Farabee .... Bait-Shop "witch"
[edit] Differences from the book
- In the book, Billy has to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days, and the terms of the bet are fifty dollars.
- Erika, a girl who helps Billy in the film, is not introduced until the book's sequel, How to Fight a Girl.
- Most of the characters in the book are not in the film, and vice versa.
- Instead of standing up to Joe's bullying, Billy wants the money to buy a mini-bike.
- In the book Billy wins the bet while in the movie he doesn't.
[edit] Critics
- The Filthy Critic gave the film four out of five "fingers" for its realistic portrayal of how children really act.
- Rotten Tomatoes shows it as being rotten with a 58% rating.
