How to Eat Fried Worms

Summary: During the first day of his new school year, a new kid in town squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within his class.

Release Date: August 25, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Family

Director: Bob Dolman

Writers: Bob Dolman

, Thomas Rockwell

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Gran Via, New Line Cinema, Walden Media

Distributor: HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 26,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,040,527

International: $ 58,469

Box office:

Budget:$26MDomestic:$13MInternational:$58.5KWorldwide:$13.1M

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Adaptation/remake:

based on novel

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New Line Cinema

(Warner Bros. Entertainment subsidiary)

-13%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -13% lower than the critics.

60%47%

The average Metacritic score is 56%.

Metacritic Meta:

56/100

22%22%

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White66.67%Mixed / Other11.11%Jewish11.11%Asian5.56%Black5.56%

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Language3/5

Dove

Language1/5
Violence1/5

This film gets a 3.73/5 family friendly score

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Race	White	Latino	Asian	Mixed / Other	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	6	2	2		10		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	5	1			6
Ethnic				1	1		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Familysearch		1			1
Total	11	4	2	1	18
Cast Percentages	61.11%	22.22%	11.11%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2020) Percentage	57.84%	18.73%	6%	9.32%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[{"name":"White","y":57.84,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.54,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":6,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.4,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":1.35,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":1.12,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":18.73,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9.32,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.02,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2020) Representation	+3.27	+3.49	+5.11	-3.76		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[["White",57.84],["Latino",18.73],["Asian",6],["Mixed \/ Other",9.32]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Percentage	74.35%	9.42%	6.2%	1.38%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12147700000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1013300000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1300200000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":114600000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1539000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":224700000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Representation	-13.24	+12.8	+4.91	+4.18		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[["White",74.35],["Latino",9.42],["Asian",6.2],["Mixed \/ Other",1.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	65.34%	9.51%	7.52%	7.28%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11769261769072,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1354271535995,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1698695855352,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":163519973579,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1713279930244,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":1312094872866,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	-4.23	+12.71	+3.59	-1.72		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",65.34],["Latino",9.51],["Asian",7.52],["Mixed \/ Other",7.28]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
World population (2018) Percentage	14.35%	5.63%	31.41%	1.92%		{"name":"World population (2018) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":14483756233,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":42590173754,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":10835693854,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":108509349246,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":107958087124,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":237538960033,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":66200811292,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":165634702327,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2542571687,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2018) Representation	+46.76	+16.59	-20.3	+3.64		{"name":"World population (2018) ","series":[["White",14.35],["Latino",5.63],["Asian",31.41],["Mixed \/ Other",1.92]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	9.35%	29.46%	1.81%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+24.63	+12.87	-18.35	+3.75		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Latino",9.35],["Asian",29.46],["Mixed \/ Other",1.81]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":61.11,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":22.22,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Asian","y":11.11,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
Notes		Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.	The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.	The "Mixed / Other" categories overlap, and the 2 or more category was not an option until the 2000 Census. So for the combined column, all data will be taken from the "Other" column except for 2000, 2010, & 2020. For those, the average between the "2 or More Races" and "Some Other Race" will be used.

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This film gets a 3.73/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462346/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-26Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/how-to-eat-fried-worms last updated: 2024-10-26Update data
Message 0/5	Billy thinks about running away, then decides to face the worm challenge. Kids try to intimidate others, and everyone's afraid of Joe, the school bully. His group of insecure thugs do whatever he says. Name-calling, sibling rivalry, and mocking authority figures are integral to the plot.
Violence 0/5	This movie is refreshingly free of slapstick violence; most is of the verbal variety. Students fear Joe's "death ring," which supposedly kills its victims when they reach 8th grade.
Sex 0/5	Woody refers to his private parts as "dillydink". Other references to body parts ("sphincter") and potty humor. Mild romantic scenes between characters.
Language 3/5	Lots of snot and worm jokes. The boys snicker over crude potty jokes, pet names for male anatomy, other mild profanities.
Consumerism 0/5	This movie has an old-fashioned family feel to it, so there are few references to products.
Drugs 0/5	Dad drinks wine after a hard day at work.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/5960-how-to-eat-fried-worms/
Faith 0/5	None
Sex 0/5	None
Language 1/5	Penis-1; Dilldi*k-2; OMG-1; Geez-1.
Violence 1/5	A few scuffles. Nothing major.
Drugs 0/5	None
Nudity 0/5	None
Other 0/5	None

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HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS

"Courage, Truth and Honesty Win the Day"Content: +1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

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How to Eat Fried Worms is a Questionable Concoction

DVD Release Date: December 5, 2006

Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 2006

Rating: PG (for mild bullying and some crude humor)

Genre: Comedy

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Aug 30th 2006

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Eat Worms? Yuck!

Luke Benward, the 11-year-old star of How to Eat Fried Worms, which opens this week, still hasn't actually eaten one of the slimy little critters. (They're all fakes in the...

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Aug 22nd 2006

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