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How to eat Fried Worms

I remember reading this book in elementary school and loving it. I’m pretty sure it was something we read as a class and then made dirt cake (complete with gummy worms, of course) after we took our test on it =)

I was excited when I saw they’d made a new movie. We need more cute kid movies right now. Everything’s animated right now!

I just caught the movie on. I missed the first 15 or so minutes, but I’m pretty sure I got the gist of where they were.

Overall, I’d say it was worth watching. I’d avoid it if you have a weak stomach though as there are a fair few squirting worm juice scenes. I thought it was a little unrealistic in that the kid didn’t put up much of a fight when they started with all the crazy recipes that weren’t part of the bet, and he went back and forth from freaking out to being completely calm. Of course, in an hour and a half you’ve got to cram a lot in so things have to be sped along a bit, of course.

It was worth all that to see the cute kiddie dancing at the end though!

Another interesting thing to look at is the inclusion of Hallie Kate Eisenberg. You’ll remember her from Paulie, Bicentennial Man, and as the little curly haired girl from the Pepsi ads! It’s so odd to see actors and actresses that I grew up watching hitting their teen years. She got really tall! The dimples are still in tact though! =)