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Name: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Director: Stephen Hillenburg
Genre: adventure, animation, comedy, family, fantasy
Released: 2004
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.2

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie has an iRankMovies score of 69.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

Hero. Legend. Sponge.

Release:2004

Runtime:1h 27m

Country:United States

Director:Stephen Hillenburg

Language:English

Genre

AdventureAnimationComedy

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Keywords

SeaOceanFalsely AccusedMermaidvillainCrownSquidCrab

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 110K votes

Rotten Tomatoes68%

Metacritic67%

TMDb7.086/10· 3K votes

With 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.

Cast of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Tom Kenny
as SpongeBob / Narrator / Gary / Various (voice)
Clancy Brown
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
Rodger Bumpass
as Squidward / Fish #4 (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke
as Patrick Star / Fish #2 / Chum Customer / Local Fish (voice)
Mr. Lawrence
as Plankton / Fish #7 / Attendant #2 (voice)
Jill Talley
as Karen / Old Lady (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence
as Sandy (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett
as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Jeffrey Tambor
as King Neptune (voice)
Scarlett Johansson
as Mindy (voice)
Alec Baldwin
as Dennis (voice)
David Hasselhoff
as David Hasselhoff

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie facts

Budget: $30M
Box office: $141.1M
Collection: SpongeBob Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Vibrant animation brings beloved characters to theatrical experience successfully
•Humor appeals to both children and adults with clever comedic sensibilities
•Adventure maintains charm and whimsy of television series while escalating stakes