The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants fingerprintFunny.
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Hopeful and nostalgic
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Fantasy
Solid, not remarkable
Standout visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is fast-paced.
Hopeful and nostalgic
Emotionally, it's hopeful, nostalgic, and wholesome.
Plenty of slapstick and situational comedy
Expect plenty of slapstick and situational comedy.
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: Search for SquarePants is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+, and Philo in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from JustWatch 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 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 78%, and Metacritic 65). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States.
1 h 28 min
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants runs 1 h 28 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants higher (72) than audiences (59). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $64 million to make and earned $163 million worldwide, 2.5 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Arabic. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 17 storytelling tropes for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, including Badasses Wear Bandanas, Volumetric Mouth, Skeleton Motif.
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