Rich Cline started his review by saying, “Like the TV series that inspired it, this movie is almost blissfully silly, poking fun at movie formulae even as it indulges shamelessly in them. But it does keep us giggling helplessly.”
In the underwater town of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob, voiced by Tom Kenny, is just too happy and optimistic for descriptions. He finally loses the story when his grouchy boss, Mr. Krabs, voiced by Clancy Brown, fails to promote him to manager of the new Krusty Krabs. However, he gets a chance to prove himself traveling with his starfish friend Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) to the dangerous Shell City to get back King Neptune’s (Jeffrey Tambor) stolen crown and clear the boss’ name. Also, don’t forget the helpful princess (Scarlet Johansson), the brutal hitman (Alec Baldwin) and the megalomaniac Plankton (Mr. Lawrence).
Cline said, “If there's a message here it's that old chestnut about valuing the kid inside you. SpongeBob and Patrick are uncontrollably juvenile, and they of course think they need to grow up in order to face the horrors of their epic quest. But the filmmakers refuse to get bogged down by this underlying message and instead focus on the warped and goofy humour that floods each frame.”
Everything is hilariously silly, from the original and surprisingly well-done characters to the surfaced animation and a number of live-action elements (a pirate framing story and a funny ridiculous appearance by David Hasselhoff). There are funny moments like SpongeBob and Patrick getting “drunk” on ice cream, the king’s ignorant pride, the Bubble Party in the Thug Tug. It’s just so deeply, completely silly that you can’t help but love it. Also the characters are voiced with warmth and personality that balances the strange designs nicely.
It’s the type of film that children will love for the number of insanity, while adults party in the smart satire and overall silliness. The story just knows enough in its spoof and detailed enough in its themes to make it deeper than it looks. However, the real point is to just have fun and that’s definitely enough.
Completely silly, this animated comedy sees SpongeBob SquarePants sent into the live-action world in amazingly rendered 3D. Cline credited, “Everything about this film is ridiculous, from the pun-packed script to the raucous action mayhem. And like the cartoon series, it's likely to entertain adults with its brainy humour while kids giggle at the wackiness.”
When the secret recipe for the delicious Krabby Patty is stolen, causing a catastrophe in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom, the obvious villain is fast-food enemy Plankton. However, Krabby Burger cook SpongeBob knows Plankton didn’t steal it, so he goes out to rescue it with his friends: airhead starfish Patrick, boss Mr. Krabs, ignorant Squidward (Rodger Bumpass) and uptight Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence). With help from the colossal-guardian dolphin Bubbles (Matt Berry), they’ll have to go above the surface to stop insane pirate Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas).
Cline mentioned,” Director Tibbitt seamlessly combines the usual cartoon scenes with lavish digital animation in which this band of misfits gains superpowers (just go with it) to confront the real-life Banderas, hamming it up for all he's worth. There isn't a single plot point that makes sense, as the screenwriters pack the story with deus ex machina elements that inexplicably solve every corner the script writes itself into. This requires the requisite sequences, including several frantic chases building up to an epic showdown.”
Cline continued, “The movie is so insanely freewheeling that it ignores every rule of animated storytelling to spiral off into absurd silliness. The animators have a field day with all of these crazy story elements, from a photo-booth time machine and the post-apocalyptic Bikini Bottom to a set of superpowers that reveals just how unimaginative and safe Big Hero 6 played it. At several points this overpacked film threatens to tip over into incomprehensible idiocy, but the script is much smarter than it looks.”
Along with the funny wordplay (“Release the condiments!” “With relish”) and nonstop movie references, Glenn Berger and Jonathan Aibel’s screenplay gets so beyond that it upsets in on itself. Cline said, “They also pepper the movie with riotously pointed gags (SpongeBob gets so upset at one point that he mixes the garbage with the recycling).” Also the essential everything is a subtle message about refusing to jump to scary conclusions while working together to solve problems. This is a message the adults need just as much as their children.
Living happily under the sea in Bikini Bottom with his pet snail Gary, also voiced by Kenny, SpongeBob and his absent-minded starfish friend Patrick enjoy annoying their neighbor Squidward, who works with SpongeBob at Krusty Krab. However, underwater ruler Poseidon, voiced by Matt Berry, needs a snail to keep his green skin soft, and Gary is the last snail in the sea. When he’s captures, SpongeBob and Patrick travel to The Lost City of Atlantic City to rescue him. After being distracted by the theme park and casinos, they’re captured by Poseidon. Now they need their friends to rescue them.
All of this chaos was set up by the usual subplot, as the evil Plankton sends SpongeBob on his rescue mission so he can steal Mr. Krabs’ secret formula. Along the way, there are few detours, including several songs and a live-action Wild West dream scene with a wise Sage (Keanu Reeves) and a zombie dance team led by the Gambler (rapper Snoop Dogg) and their ruled by El Diablo (Danny Trejo). There are even a number of flashbacks to the friends when they first met each other as kids at summer camp (Antonio Raul Corbo, Jack Gore, Jason Maybaum, and Presley Williams).
Cline noted, “With its rubbery textures, the animation bursts with colour, and the animators add witty, elaborately expressive faces to the characters. So the voice cast has a lot of fun making this nutty group of critters consistently sparky. The attention to detail in both the imagery and the script is hilarious, packing the fast-paces scenes with more micro-jokes than you can catch. Although this makes the more emotional moments feel cornier than expected.”
Cline continued, “It's a surprisingly simple movie, with only the odd pop culture reference and fewer puns in the dialog. The themes are also the usual suspects, from a shout-out about how important friends are to learning that the courage is already inside us.” More interesting is a delicate comment on how we’re not really living our best life if we’re not being real. This is definitely something writer-director Tim Hill could have worked on just a little more to make this more than just a part of attractively silly enjoyment.
If you’re fan of the cartoon, see every single one of these films. You will love every one of them, I promise you because the original actors are voicing the characters and they bring their usual traits to make the characters just as enjoyable. Each one is good in their own way and you will have some nice laughs and feel the emotion when they have their parts.
Thank you for joining in on tonight’s review, stay tuned tomorrow to see what I will review for this month.
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