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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Hallie Eisenberg
- Erika
- (as Hallie Kate Eisenberg)
Philip Bolden
- Bradley
- (as Philip Daniel Bolden)
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- Writers
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- TriviaAccording to Club House magazine, Luke Benward almost did not make the part. Because of traffic, a train and becoming lost, Luke and his mother arrived 20 minutes after FedEx had closed. Fortunately, a benevolent employee agreed to mail the audition tape. After Luke got the part as Billy, Luke and his mother returned to FedEx to thank and give roses to the kind employee.
- GoofsThe bird shown pulling the worm from the lawn is a Pied Crow, an African species. It is not at all native to America.
- Crazy creditsSilent quote from trailer used: "No worms were harmed in the making of this film." (Shows worm blowing up in microwave.) "Not even this one"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst of 2006 (2007)
Featured review
This movie is not as good as the book, and are the worms even real?
I remember first reading the classic book by Thomas Rockwell when I was in elementary school, but this movie is beyond an adaptation of the book. In fact, it is nowhere near as good as the book, despite some of the humor seen. It is one of the lamest examples of how someone can attempt to adapt a movie from page to screen. Some of the scenes in the movie aren't even from the book like the Brown Taod restaurant. Also, in the book, Billy Forrester (the main protagonist) has to eat a worm a day for fifteen days in a row. If you want to see a better version of Rockwell's book brought to the screen, check out the episode from CBS Storybreak on YouTube..
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- Mark-AA84
- May 30, 2023
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- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Làm Thế Nào Để Ăn Giun
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,040,527
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,950,000
- Aug 27, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $13,098,996
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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