The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

PG

2004

1h 23m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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In this lively animated adventure, undersea oddball SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish friend, Patrick, embark on a quest to clear the name of Mr. Krabs, the owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant, who has been framed for stealing the crown of ocean deity King Neptune. Leaving the familiar confines of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob and Patrick venture out towards Shell City, where they hope to find Neptune's crown, but numerous obstacles stand (or float) in their way.

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Critics Consensus

Surreally goofy and entertaining for both children and their parents.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 29, 2010

3/5

Very similar to the edgy animated TV show.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Dec 1, 2008

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie takes on rather too much water during its extended feature-length submersion.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

May 20, 2008

The Nickelodeon cartoon series about an oceanic sponge and his starfish sidekick washes onto the big screen with a tide of weak one-liners, exaggerated reactions, and vaguely nauseating gags.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 18, 2019

C

As a TV series, Spongebob has proven to be quite entertaining in 30-minute doses. Stretching the running time to 90 minutes doesnt help raise the level of appreciation, though.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

Aug 24, 2017

As much as I resisted the Bob, I have to admit this is actually a pretty funny film.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Jan 10, 2011

F

The questions that the religious right needs to ask are how and why they ever confused homosexuality with pedophilia. Not only does blurring this issue do gays a disservice, it lets SpongeBob get away with murder.

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Mica B

@Mica_B Oct 22, 2026

Good! It's very similar to any regular SpongeBob episode but about an hour longer. I do think it has less "rewatch-ability" than a good amount of SpongeBob episodes, but to be honest I think most of the show has that problem for me now too, but I think it's because I watched SpongeBob a lot when I was younger. This is still a competent SpongeBob movie, and if you've never seen it before, then you should definitely give it a watch.

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Francesco T

@RT28628563 Oct 4, 2026

Questo sì che è un capolavoro ed è anche il miglior film di Spongebob!

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Rani G

@Shabota Oct 2, 2026

I loved it when i was a little kid its vey fascinating you know

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@RT66929394 Oct 2, 2026

Absolute cinema this movie build my childhood the best movie I ever seen in my entire stupid **** life funny

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Gustavojr C

@RT30876198 Sep 28, 2026

It was so sad when the part where SpongeBob and Patrick almost died, especially with the music.

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Jaime B

@Jimmy393 Sep 20, 2026

This movie is great

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Synopsis

In this lively animated adventure, undersea oddball SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish friend, Patrick, embark on a quest to clear the name of Mr. Krabs, the owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant, who has been framed for stealing the crown of ocean deity King Neptune. Leaving the familiar confines of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob and Patrick venture out towards Shell City, where they hope to find Neptune's crown, but numerous obstacles stand (or float) in their way.

Director: Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne
Producer: Stephen Hillenburg, Julia Pistor
Screenwriter: Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Tim Hill, Paul Tibbitt
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures International, United Plankton Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Mild Crude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 19, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $85.4M
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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