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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

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In the first-ever all CGI SpongeBob motion picture event, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN, SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick, and the Bikini Bottom gang star in their most epic adventure movie yet! When SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and his pals team up for a heroic and hilarious journey where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.
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Although its story may leave fans on the surface, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run is a wondrously wacky visit to Bikini Bottom that retains the charm of the original series.

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The animation is fine, but The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run feels more like a long episode of the show than a real cinematic experience.

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Unfortunately, the film didn't feel like it really had a story. It felt like a series of sketches, and most of them weren't very funny. Rated: C+ Mar 20, 2021 Full Review Kristy Puchko IGN Movies Though not as joltingly outrageous as its predecessors, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run is a winsomely wacky good time, alive with laughs and light-hearted lunacy. Mar 15, 2021 Full Review Adam Graham Detroit News There's nothing stiff or self-serious about "Sponge on the Run," which plays equally to young children and college stoners alike. Rated: B Mar 6, 2021 Full Review Shakyl Lambert CGMagazine This is the first Spongebob movie to make a full shift to CG animation, and it’s honestly all the lesser for it. The whole movie feels oddly restrained because of the animation switch. Rated: 5.5/10 Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) Among all of the SpongeBob movies, Sponge on the Run is easily the weakest of the three. Rated: 6/10 Feb 16, 2022 Full Review Witney Seibold Critically Acclaimed Podcast I always welcome a hit of SpongeBob's particular brand of candy-coated insanity. Sep 14, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tyler S Overall, I thought it was a good time. Fun for all audiences to watch. Plot was a little all over the place, but it's a kids movie so I won't judge it that hard. Animation was really cool, and I laughed a lot. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/23/25 Full Review Tim M While the feature absorbs the cartoon's effervescent humor, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run's shift in animation style distances it from the original charm. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Alexplayz305 E The SpongeBob Movie 3 definitely isn’t the best one when it comes to many things, like the Story. the Story felt like a long episode. But it actually is based off the special were SpongeBob loser Gary to an Old lady who liked eating snails. The animation is thought the best out of any other SB movie, it’s so beautifully polished and animation, you can even see the water effects. I though heard someone say it was trash (damn them) The story is fine, and the animation is the best, but one thing is the Filler. I get without the filler it may have been a 1H movie, but it felt unnecessary, like the brain full of rock and sand, as well as the song just to show Snoop Dog in the movie. Overall this movie is at least a 9/10. In words “A underrated film that hap much more potential on the big screen” Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/25 Full Review Julian M What happened here? I feel like everything just went away this was definitely the biggest downfall I’ve ever seen, and it hasn’t gotten much better this was the same issue I also had with the sandy cheeks movie released I think by far this is the worst SpongeBob movie yes, I’m thinking of a movie worse than the sandy cheeks movie. I know really hard to think of for someone who doesn’t watch too many movies I feel like the same thing is gonna start happening to anything else Nickelodeon makes Nickelodeon should have its own rotten tomatoes page just to show you what people really think of Nickelodeon not just it shows but the thing itself it shows freedom. It shows the freedom of everything and it leads to things. Nickelodeon probably won’t take that because it destroys whatever image they think they have so what do I think this movie shouldn’t have existed and it should have just ended at the first movie without any more episodes or the second movie without any more episodes. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review Aiden K I never thought it was bad until now 4.9/10 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/25 Full Review Xavier L A good movie that's all I have to say Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In the first-ever all CGI SpongeBob motion picture event, THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN, SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick, and the Bikini Bottom gang star in their most epic adventure movie yet! When SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and his pals team up for a heroic and hilarious journey where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.
Director
Tim Hill
Producer
Ryan Harris
Screenwriter
Tim Hill
Production Co
Netflix, United Plankton Pictures, Paramount Animation, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Rating
PG (Rude Humor|Mild Language|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 4, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.5M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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