Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

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Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

2024

1h 58m

Kids & Family

Adventure

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The denizens of Bikini Bottom are thrown into jeopardy when their home is suddenly scooped out of the ocean and held hostage at a Texas laboratory. At the heart of this sea-nister plot is business tycoon Sue Nahmee (Wanda Sykes), who wants to transform the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom into Sea Pals -- a mass-manufactured product line of cuddly toys. It is up to intrepid squirrel/marine biologist Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence) and happy-go-lucky sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) to find their way to Galveston to rescue their pals and return Bikini Bottom to its rightful place under the sea.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

This isn't a cause for alarm: Bikini Bottom will live to see another day, and so will SpongeBob and his pals. But The Sandy Cheeks Movie is only a so-so day at the beach.

Rated: C

Aug 3, 2024

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

For general viewers, it may not pack as much of an emotional punch, but like SpongeBob himself, it’s thoroughly absorbing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 2, 2024

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Peter Debruge

Variety

It’s not as inspired as grown-ups might want, but innocuous enough for the kids.

Aug 2, 2024

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Andrew Fukui

Geek Vibes Nation

There is not a lot here for long-time fans of the franchise beyond some hollow call-backs to iconic jokes such as “My-Leg!”, but it’s a serviceable adventure with a distinct visual style.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 17, 2025

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Barry Levitt

The Daily Beast

SpongeBob has always been gleefully absurd, and to its credit, The Sandy Cheeks Movie is certainly out there. But there’s a trepidation to the script, which never fully commits to the gonzo madness a movie like this requires.

Jun 5, 2025

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Borderline unwatchable. The worst Spongebob film by far

Jan 15, 2025

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Patricia K.

When I first heard about this movie, I was so excited for it to come out on August 2nd, 2024. If you are confused, the WHOLE movie got leaked on Twitter(X). Anyways, I saw this movie on the day it came out, me and my parents were on a trip to Canada, I was watching this on the way there and I gotta’ say I was not impressed, but didn’t HATE it. Things I like about the movie: decent animation, good acting, entertaining, I like the introduction to Sandy’s family. Dislikes: plot was slow at times, too many characters, there were some unnecessary elements in there. That’s all, by the way I LOVE SpongeBob, I have been watching it since I was 3.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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Misha A

I know it isn't that good, but I kind of enjoyed watching it, felt a little too fast paced, honestly do not recommend this movie for others, but for me, ehh, I guess I liked it

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Abe S

THIS MOVIE IS HOT GARBAGE! I don’t know what it is about this movie but it is just terrible by all means! the acting is bad, poor camera work, and just watch the other SpongeBob movies.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Film M

Can't recommend it..

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/30/25

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Kauã L

This movie is CRAP, unlike the other three SpongeBob movies that are really cool, this one is CRAP FROM HELL, MADE BY THE DEVIL

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Speakerman G

Em alguns aspectos é divertido e com ação, mas alguns efeitos especiais são medíocres, roteiro mais ou menos, humor forçado..Mas achei o final até divertido, umas cenas legais e as poucas vezes que nossos queridos personagens fizeram algo. O porém de filmes como esse da Sandy, os personagens queridos são muito deixados de lado como patetas, então deviam ser mais desenvolvidos.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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The denizens of Bikini Bottom are thrown into jeopardy when their home is suddenly scooped out of the ocean and held hostage at a Texas laboratory. At the heart of this sea-nister plot is business tycoon Sue Nahmee (Wanda Sykes), who wants to transform the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom into Sea Pals -- a mass-manufactured product line of cuddly toys. It is up to intrepid squirrel/marine biologist Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence) and happy-go-lucky sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) to find their way to Galveston to rescue their pals and return Bikini Bottom to its rightful place under the sea.

Director: Liza Johnson
Producer: Jack Petrik
Screenwriter: Kaz, Tom Stern
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: BCD Travel, Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, United Plankton Pictures
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 58m

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