The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 31, 2015
The jokes are consistently hilarious, with enough variety to tickle the funny bones of old salts and young fishies alike. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubGwen IhnatFeb 4, 2015
The visual effects and fast and furious quips combine for that rarest of releases: one that both parents and kids can enjoy (just like the show), leaving viewers of any age hoping that the next SpongeBob movie isn’t an entire decade off. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 5, 2015
The spirit of the series remains true: cheerfully random jokes, blink-and-you’ll-miss-them references and, above all, a silly, stubbornly sentimental streak that only the crabbiest cynic could dismiss. Read full review
80
VarietyAndrew BarkerJan 31, 2015
At times there’s a genuine sense of daring to the film’s freewheeling anarchy, its refusal to stick to a central theme or impart any sort of lesson. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossFeb 11, 2015
It’s high-brow, low-brow, and just about every brow in between, replete with meta winkiness and manic energy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFeb 5, 2015
The new film displays enough nutty writing and sheer brio to confirm the stamina of its enduring and skillfully voiced characters. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghFeb 5, 2015
As tiresome as those live-action sequences are, they are more than outweighed by laughs — some riotous, some groaning and some very, very befuddled, but none predictable. Read full review
67
The PlaylistDrew TaylorFeb 5, 2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water is a mild lark. It's odd, off-the-wall, and has enough jokes and gags that if you're forced to take your little one to the theater, you won't spend the entire time looking at your watch or planning your escape. Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyFeb 5, 2015
The film is frantic from start to finish, and I suspect it will wear some people down completely. I thought there was a point where it stopped being funny and started being exhausting, but my kids went positively ballistic for it. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandFeb 6, 2015
By the time the end finally arrives, you realize you haven't laughed in quite a while and, instead, have been thinking about the chores you have to do after you leave the theater. As diversions go, that's pretty diluted. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireFeb 6, 2015
Zany and zippy as you’d expect, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water remains true to the surrealism of its animated television roots. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyFeb 5, 2015
Save for some halfway inventive touches, such as a meta-turn that evokes Chuck Jones’s surrealist Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck, Sponge Out of Water coasts on its 3-D CGI shtick, sacrificing the giddy whimsy that recommends the SpongeBob series for more boringly Hollywood whiz-bang action. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartFeb 4, 2015
Ultimately, for the show’s fans, it may not matter if “Sponge Out of Water” shows a hint of mildew. After all, my co-critic’s most enthusiastic note — “Hilarious!” — was written before the lights even dimmed. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 4, 2015
The gags, puns mostly, skew quite young. And those things Spongebob does that drive his onscreen castmate nuts — the shrieks and giggles and songs — are pitched to be a lot more irritating to adults than to small fry. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEric HendersonFeb 3, 2015
Its dedication to the transgressive power of frivolity remains the franchise's greatest weapon. Read full review
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