Sadly Over-hyped

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I was sheltered from Spongebob because I used to pull my pants down and imitate his laugh at church. I watched his movie a couple years ago and I am glad I was hidden from it. Spongebob bathes with his neighbor, we see his friend Patrick's butt a couple of times,and there other crude jokes. Mindy gets sexual harassment from Patrick too. This should NOT be viewed by kids. The fact that it is shocks me.Show your kids a different movie.

This Movie Is amazing dude. I Watched it every year since it came out multiple times and it is actually amazing. Not saying it from nostalgia, its genuinely the best movie i ever seen. It stars Spongebob Square Pants, Patrick Star, and all your beloved characters from childhood. If you don't Love this movie, you really do need a therapist, it is pure joy and excitement

Hey Guys RegularShow1 here again and today I'm going to review "The SpongeBob Square Movie" a movie I love as much as the show. I remember seeing this movie when I was 8 years on Thanksgiving Day Weekend 2004 and I loved this movie. The movie is about SpongeBob going to Shell City with Patrick to get back King Neptune's crown but Plankton ends up mind controlling everybody in the Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick try to get to Shell City. My favorite Part of this movie is when SpongeBob plays the Electric Guitar to "Goffy Goober Rock" witch was funny. The Film guest started "Jeffery Tambor" as "King Neptune", "Scarlett Johansson" as "Mindy", "Alec Baldwin" as "Dennis" and "David Hasselhoff" as Himself. BOTTOM LINE I LOVE "THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE" and is part my childhood. Anyway I'm giving "THE SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" it a 10 out 10 stars. Anyway I'm RegularShow1 and have a nice day. BYE. Updated on Saturday,September 19,2015

This the first of the two Spongebob movies, and while I couldn't agree fully with my figment of insanity on the sequel(just calling it "entertaining"), I immediately caved in and admitted a great deal of liking for the first film. Oddly enough, this was the first film that inspired me to write reviews for films and recommending them to my family and friends(of course, I also wanted to be the President of Indiana at the same time, so I guess it's a little overboard for a kid like me back then.)Anyway, the film itself is often considered that buffer between when Spongebob Squarepants was a series enjoyed by all and when it soon got flanderized beyond recognition and became nothing but a show enjoyed only by kids and stoners.However, after a secluded watching, I was happy to realize that the film was not only fun as I remembered, but actually a little bit better after my horizons were expanded. The humor is goofy and adorable beyond measure.What took me off guard was how dark the actual story was for a kid's movie, which involves theft, deception, contract killing(no, that's not a joke. Plankton hires a "vicious, cold blooded predator"), drowning sorrows at an ice cream bar, and even a hero-like death. The story is not exactly an adventure of finding Neptune's crown, but instead is a film of keeping a child-like innocence as long as you can, even if all the perils seem scary and adult.The story begins with Spongebob about to become manager at The Krusty Krab 2(which is so un-strategically located that one would wonder if they'd just put an extension of the bloody restaurant.), before getting rejected in favor of Squidward. The hero soon sulks in his depression, drowning his sadness in ice cream in a way one drowns his sorrows in booze. After coming to work punch drunk, Spongebob sabotages Mr. Krabs honesty by referring to him in a negative way, thus, freezing him in a block of ice.The quest then begins, and already complications arrive. The Patty Wagon is stolen by a thug guarding the County Line, overseen by two rednecks that make one happy to live in Indiana where such stereotype is true. In fact, the thugs are the first big obstacle threatening the heroes' child-like innocence, beating up people for blowing bubbles. It's silly, but kind of effective in its message. That being child-like habits cannot coexist with manhood, or living in said delusion.Soon, we meet Dennis, the Contract Killer I mentioned earlier, voiced by the amazing Alec Baldwin. Here, he is the definite antithesis to both Spongebob and Patrick, the ultimate challenge and the ultimate adult. He's humorless, ruthless, and violent as Plankton's dragon. Nothing about him is redeemable or likable, even compared to the many likable villains of the show, which is very unlike the TV series. In that sense, Dennis is everything that a child fears he or she becomes as an adult.We return to our heroes, who are childishly mocking the thugs from before, while driving on a road made entirely of skulls and bones. They soon see an ice cream stand, before realizing it's a trap by a large fly-trap like monster fish. The message, be very wary of friendly faces, because their intentions aren't always pure. After evading the monster fish, the heroes have to cross a trench populated by monsters, which they are too paralyzed in fear to do so.Soon, as a Deus ex Machina, Princess Mindy(Scarlett Johansson) shows how Bikini Bottom has turned into "Planktopolis", a ruined, Roman-styled bastardization of what was once a lively, colorful little town. The citizens, almost all adults, become Bucket-Heads, slave drones that act as such. This soon raises the tension, and the heroes sulk further into depression and failure. Mindy soon decides to "Turn them into men" by sticking on pieces of seaweed above their lips, giving them the placebo of manliness. Only something as far fetched as "Princess Mermaid Magic" could give the man children the strength to go on.Coincidence after coincidence occurs and each peril is evaded because they have the power to do so, even if only because of the placebo. They even sing a song with the monsters, how they had "become our friends" like in the lyrics. Shell City is dead ahead and Dennis rips the weed-staches off the duo's face, revealing that it was all a scam. Soon, before the crushing weight of humorless adulthood can set in, the "Cyclops", a Scuba Diver, stomps him out and grabs our heroes, taking them to Shell City, a gift shop where they are put to death by dehydration.However, they soon see the crown, proving that they can succeed, even if their quest ends with the duo dying. They cry and sing a heartbreaking rendition of "Goofy Goober" before drying out and perishing. My figment was crying, and I felt my own tears welling up a bit. Deus ex Machina strikes again, when the tear shorts out the lamp and electrical wiring, setting off a sprinkler system to revive them. Like in Joseph Campbell, the heroes die but are reborn in their innocence, to finish what they started.The two return with the crown, have a final run in with Dennis before he's axed off for real this time, and finally stop Neptune from killing Mr. Krabs. Diablos ex Machina with a "King- Sized" Bucket Helmet, and Spongebob has a small speech. He proves that he's as good as any adult despite being "childish", and with that, he saves the town with Rock and Roll. Because Movie, that's why.It's weird to give a review to film that's literally like 11 years old. However, I feel like this should get out to everyone who wants to watch a great family film, old and young. Yes, my Draconequus, it's a great film.4-Stars- A-Ranking