Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

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Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

2024

1h 58m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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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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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Borderline unwatchable. The worst Spongebob film by far

Jan 15, 2025

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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

In 3D, [the characters] feel very plastic and stale.

Aug 28, 2024

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Clichés galore.

Aug 28, 2024

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Antonio R

I liked it because it only has 21%?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Alan T

One of the worst Spongebob movies to date. Sandy is a potential main character, but the terrible human characters and plot had completely destroyed it. Pacing was slow as well. What are you doing Nickelodeon?!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Audience Member

This movie sucks🐺🐺

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Cameron H

SpongeBob and Sandy travel to Sandy’s home state of Texas to save Bikini Bottom from a nefarious CEO who wants to turn its inhabitants into a line of mass manufactured cuddly toys. 😈 🎬 This movie combines both CGI animation and live action. The script was horrible, the human characters were overly cringy, the humor forced and unfunny. It has some fun action sequences but for me this film was almost painful to watch. 🍍Even if you’re a fan of SpongeBob you’re not missing anything by passing on this film. I didn’t really grow up with the show so the appeal wasn’t there for me, I just watched it for the heck of it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Julian M

I felt like it had a creative flare but if more effort and time was put into this it wouldn’t feel as bad however there is some good mostly with SpongeBob. so is it worth in my opinion it’s in between it really depends on your brain.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Lucas S

Beginning animated part was okay. Got worse when the family joined in. And hit rock bottom when the actors and actresses used the distasteful and bland acting and voicing. Their voices were too monotonous. CGI was pretty bad also

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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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 Animation Studios, United Plankton Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 58m

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