The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Adventure · Animation · Comedy · 2004
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.
Movie details
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
“Hero. Legend. Sponge.”
2004 Adventure · Animation · Comedy 1h 27m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Where it lives
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Stephen Hillenburg
Written by
Stephen Hillenburg · Derek Drymon · Kent Osborne · Paul Tibbitt
Tom Kenny
SpongeBob / Narrator / Gary / Various (voice)
Clancy Brown
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Rodger Bumpass
Squidward / Fish #4 (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke
Patrick Star / Fish #2 / Chum Customer / Local Fish (voice)
Mr. Lawrence
Plankton / Fish #7 / Attendant #2 (voice)
Jill Talley
Karen / Old Lady (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence
Sandy (voice)
Court is in session
Put The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.