The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
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- Trailer 2 (02:28)
- Teaser Trailer (01:02)
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Synopsis
SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever…The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. 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 comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
Cast
- Clancy Brown
- Mark Hamill
- Sherry Cola
- Regina Hall
- Tom Kenny
- Arturo Castro
- Bill Fagerbakke
- George Lopez
- Mary Jo Catlett
- Rodger Bumpass
Moviegoers are saying
This SpongeBob movie creates a sharp generational divide - while kids absolutely love the silly humor and 'Big Guy' moments, many nostalgic adults find it disappointing compared to classic SpongeBob, with several parents walking out due to inappropriate adult humor in what they expected to be a pure kids' film. The consensus is clear: it's purely for children, with adults either tolerating it or finding it a complete snoozefest.
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- Jan 5, 2026
i did want to see more of the ice spice fish but at the end of the day it is a children’s movie and i am almost 30
eddyburbackNov 20, 2025big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy pants okay big guy big guy pants okay big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy pants okay big guy big guy pants okay big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy big guy pants okay big guy big guy pants okay big guy…
mmiffDec 20, 2025Every SpongeBob movie must have their government mandated “going to the surface” moment.
Cartoonshi - Dec 17, 2025
and the academy award for best original song goes to… ice spice’s spongebob big guy pants ok
allain♡Dec 18, 2025oh my gosh! this healed me. if yall have been following me for a little bit you know how important this movie was. I LOVE SPONGEBOB. there were like so many references to past movies and past episodes and i was just such a jolly little lad watching this bro. i love…
jena ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧Dec 13, 2025patrick is canonically wearing a thong under his shorts for 90% of this film
tessa - Dec 13, 2025
Inherently funny that the plot of this one is technically repeating elements of the first movie in many ways. Best part was the TMNT short they played before it about how AI sucks
toontalksDec 20, 2025Showed Too Many Cheeks Not Named Sandy
LetMeExplainDec 26, 202533 Just stay home and watch the 2004 film. Spongebob big guy pants okay!
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- Cos is "meh" onThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
It was okay. Way too sexual for a kids movie. Story was kind of good, would’ve been just as good without all the butt stuff. The song was kind of weird. Why would ice spice do a kids song?
charlie dislikedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsterrible
Cody Thomas likedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsI really enjoyed it, it wasn’t to stupid it was “SpongeBob” and I’m happy with the length of it too not too long.
- mari likedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
spongebob! big guy? pants….ok.
cool guy likedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsspongebob big guy pants (ok)
Weasty is "meh" onThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants54/100. Some silly movies work, some don’t. Unfortunately, this leans towards the latter for me. This was a nice movie to go see in theatres and just have some fun with, but some things held it back quite a bit. The animation was too exaggerated for me, and most jokes didn’t land
- Presi likedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
All the excitement because of ice spices song, it’s addictive but uh not the best collab for kids, it’s a good watch yk interesting story but it just got boring while they extended the stages just for crab to come later, you should have just kept it like it should have been
Alexia Barry lovedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsGood movie!!
Sergio Zavala likedThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants👍🏼
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- SRSarah Renzetti
My son and I walked out within 30 minutes. That’s how bad it was. I am requesting a refund.
GGGeovanni GeoIt’s a snooze fest and the jokes are definitely for teens or adults but not for kids
AWAntoinette WoodsonWe didn’t get a chance to go we didn’t make it
- AAAngelica Aragon
Not a great movie for little ones
RLRomeo LedezmaI love it
KBkenneth bonillaREALLY GOOOD MOVIE LOVE ITTTTTTTT
- BSBowie Stoltzfus
Stupid in the funniest way. Kids will love it, adults will tolerate it. Did not recognize Mark Hamill at all until the credits.
ATAlexandria ThomasLike how do you do SpongeBob without the official bikini bottom intro like huh GARBAGE
KMKevo MIt was cute for kids but nothing like us kids grew up watching. 3d was cool but the movie was a hard to watch lol
Metacritic
Dec 19, 2025
This movie is a classic of silliness—no ifs, ands, or butts.
Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com
Dec 19, 2025
It might not be the best of the bunch, but the infectious childlike spirit (and intestinal fortitude) remains firmly intact.
Lindsey Bahr
The Associated Press
Dec 19, 2025
Search for SquarePants comes down vigorously on the side of exuberance.
Alonso Duralde
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