The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water fingerprintHigh energy, funny.
Fast-paced and spectacular
Fast from start to finish.
Heartwarming and uplifting
Plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick
Pop culture
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Standout visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Fast-paced and spectacular
Fast from start to finish.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is fast-paced and spectacular.
Heartwarming and uplifting
Emotionally, it's heartwarming, uplifting, and nostalgic.
Plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick
Expect plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick.
Pop culture
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around pop culture. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the visual style stand out.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock, and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 66/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, and Metacritic 62). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 33 min
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water runs 1 h 33 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water higher (71) than audiences (60). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $74 million to make and earned $325 million worldwide, 4.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+119GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 133 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 164 storytelling tropes for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, including Framing Device, Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, Freak Out.
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