How to Eat Fried Worms
United States
2006
98 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
This charming family film based on Thomas Rockwell’s popular book recounts the tale of Billy (Luke Benward), a fifth-grader whose bluster on the first day at a new school gets him in dutch with a bully (Adam Hicks). To save face in front of his classmates, Billy accepts a dare. But it will take all his inner strength to meet the challenge — eating 10 earthworms in one day — and to keep his big bazoo from landing him in even more trouble.
The film portrays how children realistically act. That doesn't mean we need to see it. To put it simply, the gags don't translate well from text to film - just like in the first "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." It's funny reading them, but not watching them acted out in a ninety film