The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)

Name: The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Director: Derek Drymon
Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 2025
Duration: 88 min

"Ship's about to go down."

ThumbScore

👍 53%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 72% (RT: 79%, MC: 65)

AnimationFamilyComedyAdventureFantasy

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Director

Derek Drymon

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.8/10 (365 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

Cast

Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary / Morning DJ (voice) · 69% avg

Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator · 70% avg

Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (voice) · 67% avg

Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star (voice) · 68% avg

Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks (voice) · 66% avg

Mr. Lawrence as Sheldon J. Plankton (voice) · 66% avg

George López as JK Fishlips (voice) · 67% avg

Ice Spice as Ticket Taker (voice)

Is The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants good?

It's divisive. Only 53% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 72%.

Overview

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before. Wikipedia ↗