The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Stephen Hillenburg

Writers:

Stephen Hillenburg (television series SpongeBob SquarePants)
Stephen Hillenburg (story)

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Bigger, squarier, spongier!

Plot:

SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune's stolen crown.

Plot Keywords:

Crown | King | Princess | Father Daughter Relationship | Fast Food

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 18

10:00 PM

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Cast

Tom Kenny	...	SpongeBob / Narrator / Gary / Clay / Tough Fish #2 / Twin #2 / Houston Voice (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, Lloyd (voice)
Jill Talley	...	Karen, The Computer Wife / Old Lady (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence	...	Sandy (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett	...	Mrs. Poppy Puff (voice)
Jeffrey Tambor	...	King Neptune (voice)
Scarlett Johansson	...	Mindy (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Dennis (voice)
David Hasselhoff	...	Himself
Kristopher Logan	...	Squinty the Pirate
D.P. FitzGerald	...	Bonesy the Pirate
Cole S. McKay	...	Scruffy the Pirate (as Cole McKay)

Also Known As:

SpongeBob SquarePants (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild crude humor.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Japan:U | Portugal:M/4 | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Norway:7 (DVD release) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario/Québec) | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Ireland:G | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | UK:U | USA:PG | Finland:K-3

Filming Locations:

HMS Bounty, The Pier, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Company:

Nickelodeon Movies

Trivia:

The trailer uses footage from submarine films, Das Boot (1981), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and U-571 (2000).

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene where they are in the shell city, smoke from the outlet causes the water sprinklers to spray the store. In real life the water sprinklers in the ceiling detect heat, not smoke. Furthermore, only the sprinklers that got hot enough to fuse their elements will permit water flow, not the entire sprinkler system.

Quotes:

[First Lines]
Bonesy the Pirate: I got it!

Movie Connections:

References "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993)

Soundtrack:

SpongeBob SquarePants Theme

Stupid but funny

Very stupid indeed. But funny. If you are a fan of the TV show then you will get a kick out of the movie. Most of the jokes are aimed for an older audience...mostly teenagers but there are jokes for the younger audience as well. The movie is not as funny as the show but I'm pretty sure that if you see it you will get a kick out of it anyway. When I walked into the theater most of the parents walked in there with a look on their face saying "God, this is going to be horrible, but I love my kids." and when they were in the theater while the movie was playing they laughed harder and they thought they would.

I wouldn't recommend taking your 5 year old to see it, cause like I said most of the jokes are pretty crude. And some of the younger kids I saw looked confused when Mr. Krabs was telling Spongebob he was making a jackass out of himself and when Patrick was wearing hooker tights.

Not for everyone but a very funny movie indeed.