| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"If it grows more genial as it pokes along, it still feels like a lesser Nickelodeon special..." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"Much of the success of the film rests on the young shoulders of Luke Benward, who plays a very likable boy with whom we can easily relate." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"If your stomach doesn't churn a bit after hearing the title of the children's movie How to Eat Fried Worms, the picture itself may finish the job." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"Happily...Worms goes light (but not too light) on the gore and the goo." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Amusing though slight film for adolescent boys." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...blandly inoffensive..." more... |
C |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"Nicely directed, the film version proves refreshingly free of the customary blights that affect most modern children¿s movies, notably adult condescension." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...belongs to a vanishing breed - live action family films." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...a pleasant and well-intentioned end of summer diversion..." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Manny Lewis |
"...genuinely good-natured..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The worms, the real stars of the film, are fairly impressive, looming large, plump and slimy as they are boiled, fried, served with sauce and added to omelettes and smoothies." more... |
B- |
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