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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 (LAist)

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

Aug 28, 2024

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (LAist)

Clichés galore.

Aug 28, 2024

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Egg D

not even worth a 1 star,plus it's WAY off the spongebob lore.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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I love S

Why is the rating so low? This movie is so amazing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/16/25

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James T

The whole movie was boring, weird, not funny, and in my opinion it doesn't even deserve the title of a 'SpongeBob' Movie. You're better of watching paint dry for the whole 1h 22m for the running time of this waste of time movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

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Tyler S

I can't fail it because I was laughing a good bit. Some points because it was funny, others because of how bad it was. Toddlers will prolly find it very enjoyable.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Tim M

The most made-for-TV feature outing yet, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie is nuts to think this is the direction SpongeBob and company should be going.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Audience Member

everything wrong with new spongebob, all wrapped into one package. the humor is unfunny, the characters are absurdly flandarized, the story is barely there, and the CGI is dopey in a way that isn't goofy enough to be funny and isn't good enough to be serious

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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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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