‘Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie’ Review: SpongeBob’s Latest Is a Chipmunk Off the Old Blockhead
variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic A typical episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” runs 11 minutes. Now, for those who can’t get enough of that Laffy Taffy-yellow fellow with the googly eyes and giggly laugh, a feature-length outing must already sound like 10 times the fun.
Toss in the hook that a mad scientist wants to clone all the sea creatures from his corner of the ocean, and you’ve potentially got more SpongeBob than even the most insatiable sponge-head can handle.
Dropping exclusively on Netflix, “Saving Bikini Bottom: A Sandy Cheeks Movie” shifts the focus ever so slightly away from our porous … er, eponymous hero.
You know, that absurdist slab of absorbent optimism (voiced by Tom Kenny) who lent his name to the show for the past quarter-century: “SpongeBob SquarePants” (which just crossed the 300-episdoe mark).
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