Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)

Directed by

Liza Johnson

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, family film, live-action/animated film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 181 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants travel to Texas to rescue their underwater home of Bikini Bottom from a greedy CEO. The film combines live-action with computer animation.

sillyupbeatfast-pacedgoofywhimsicallightheartedcartoonish

What happens

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie is a 2024 American adventure comedy film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by Stephen Hillenburg. It was directed by Liza Johnson and written by Tom Stern and Kaz, based on a story by Kaz. Combining CGI animation with live-action, the film stars the series' regular voice cast and introduces new characters performed by Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, Grey DeLisle, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Matty Cardarople, and Wanda Sykes. The plot follows Sandy and SpongeBob as they venture to Sandy's home state of Texas to save Bikini Bottom from an evil CEO. It is the first entry in a series of SpongeBob character spin-off films for Netflix, followed by Plankton: The Movie in 2025. The film was first conceived during a pitching session for ideas for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020). In March 2020, ViacomCBS announced that it would be producing SpongeBob spin-off films for streaming television. In May 2021, a spin-off film starring Sandy was announced, with Johnson, Kaz, and Stern attached. Moniker composed the original score. Prior to its release, the film was leaked on January 21, 2024, as a video upload on X. Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie was officially released on Netflix on August 2, 2024. The film debuted with 12.8 million views during its premiere weekend, making it Netflix's most-watched title of the week and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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