Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Matt Roush says...

While most of the 25th-anniversary celebrations of SpongeBob SquarePants are happening on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, somehow Netflix ended up with this movie spinoff, an ambitious mix of live action and CGI animation that features loyal sidekick Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence) at the center of the action. The fun, or peril, begins when all of Bikini Bottom is scooped from the depths of the ocean by a mysterious marine biology lab, leaving behind Sandy and SpongeBob. They leave their once-watery home for Texas to save their friends and restore their beloved habitat, with help from Sandy’s family (including Johnny Knoxville and Craig Robinson). Live-action guest stars include Wanda Sykes.

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