Man, fuck how great the animation in this film is. The entire time Sponge on the Run is gorgeous and the animation team should be proud of themselves. Shame about the rest of the movie

The final half hour just being an ad for a spinoff that only got greenlit against the creator of Spongebob's wishes due to his death makes it real aggravating and slimey. It's not even a good ad, it completely breaks the pace of the film, the various bits repeat and the movie goes out of its way to find every piece of Spongebob continuity or potential callback and purposely throw it away.

The worst part is there is so much potential here. There's a handful of good jokes but most of the time the writing is just kinda there, inoffensive and forgettable. This could have been a nice, easy watch that celebrates a nice cartoon from many people's childhoods that had Keanu Reeves' head as a supporting character

Instead its a film that is real generic, goes out of its way to bury any legacy Spongebob has & just wants to be a generic cash grab that throws random cameos and licensed music to make up for its lack of soul.

Man, fuck how great a job the animators did with this film