Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

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Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

2024

1h 58m

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The denizens of Bikini Bottom are thrown into jeopardy when their home is suddenly scooped out of the ocean and held hostage at a Texas laboratory. At the heart of this sea-nister plot is business tycoon Sue Nahmee (Wanda Sykes), who wants to transform the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom into Sea Pals -- a mass-manufactured product line of cuddly toys. It is up to intrepid squirrel/marine biologist Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence) and happy-go-lucky sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) to find their way to Galveston to rescue their pals and return Bikini Bottom to its rightful place under the sea.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

Aug 3, 2024

C

This isn't a cause for alarm: Bikini Bottom will live to see another day, and so will SpongeBob and his pals. But The Sandy Cheeks Movie is only a so-so day at the beach.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

Aug 2, 2024

3/5

For general viewers, it may not pack as much of an emotional punch, but like SpongeBob himself, it’s thoroughly absorbing.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Aug 2, 2024

It’s not as inspired as grown-ups might want, but innocuous enough for the kids.

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Brogan Luke Bouwhuis

InBetweenDrafts

Nov 26, 2025

4/10

This doesn’t bode well for what’s to come.

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Andrew Fukui

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 17, 2025

6/10

There is not a lot here for long-time fans of the franchise beyond some hollow call-backs to iconic jokes such as “My-Leg!”, but it’s a serviceable adventure with a distinct visual style.

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Barry Levitt

The Daily Beast

Jun 5, 2025

SpongeBob has always been gleefully absurd, and to its credit, The Sandy Cheeks Movie is certainly out there. But there’s a trepidation to the script, which never fully commits to the gonzo madness a movie like this requires.

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christa R

@JacobRanks Jul 23, 2026

God this movie is awful. bad and forgettable characters and a stupid lore I cant stand this movie NOR did we need a spinoff movie with sandy cheeks .

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Luis D

@RT36292378 Jun 18, 2026

This animation feature is a prime example of the SpongeBob series being downgraded, it really made me feel uncomfortable about how the animation went in contents with live-action humans The movie doesn’t feel like it has its own charm like how the other movies have. And it really had some grossed out jokes like for example, SpongeBob tickling peoples feet in the pool what did they do with their budget like characters don’t feel the same anymore and don’t look the same. They made SpongeBob act differently in this movie because I guess this is Sandy cheeks movie. And the plot was getting straight up, rushed why you can’t tell me you could go from Sandy singing a song too A literal claw taking over bikini bottom.

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Pillow R

@Unset335 May 30, 2026

It only has a few flaws

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Cycle C

@Begun236 May 25, 2026

I know people dont like this one, but at least it is for kids

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Mathias Esteban T

@Mathias197 May 21, 2026

I like it when SpongeBob is optimistic, and to be honest, I've always liked SpongeBob, but this movie was a disappointment, and I honestly felt sorry for the main villain, and the two henchmen are very stupid, and I feel like SpongeBob lost his essence.

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Wubbox C

@wubchan1245 May 13, 2026

Lead me not into temptation bc this movie is ASS the animation is bog standard, the villain is boring, the plot is basically a bad spongebob episode stretched out into a bad movie plot, i LOVE spongebob, but not this atrocity. -50/100 SKIP THIS FILM

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The denizens of Bikini Bottom are thrown into jeopardy when their home is suddenly scooped out of the ocean and held hostage at a Texas laboratory. At the heart of this sea-nister plot is business tycoon Sue Nahmee (Wanda Sykes), who wants to transform the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom into Sea Pals -- a mass-manufactured product line of cuddly toys. It is up to intrepid squirrel/marine biologist Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence) and happy-go-lucky sea sponge SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) to find their way to Galveston to rescue their pals and return Bikini Bottom to its rightful place under the sea.

Director: Liza Johnson
Producer: Jack Petrik
Screenwriter: Kaz, Tom Stern
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: BCD Travel, Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, United Plankton Pictures
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 58m

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