Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

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Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

2024

1h 58m

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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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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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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (LAist)

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

Aug 28, 2024

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Fusion F

This movie was… really bad! As a Spongebob fan, I’m sad to say that this was so disappointing, although the film is for kids, I don’t suggest you wasting your time on this trash

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Puppies H

This is just SOOO WRONG

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Carlos Samuel E

La película no es la mejor de la franquicia o siquiera la mas mediocre, pero creo que su CGI y su guión es muy buena creo que tuvo muy buenas vistas.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Wodzu A

A perfect movie for brainrots and differently abled people

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Alexander P

Honestly for a Sandy spinoff movie, this was… kind of terrible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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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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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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