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Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 123 comments (88 from Reddit, 34 from Metacritic, 1 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.
💀 flatline — One note, start to finish. Hard going most of the way through.
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“The beginning of the movie sets up and portrays Bikini Bottom in a very unique grounded-ish way we haven't really seen before.”
ben123111 · Reddit ↗
“But everything after SpongeBob and Patrick set off on the road is just bad.”
ben123111 · Reddit ↗
“The whole thing feels like they let a new director take over every fifteen minutes, each one taking the plot in such wildly different directions that it really does feel like they gave up after struggling for so long and haphazardly mashed together the bits from the discarded scripts that worked”
Jefferystar94 · Reddit ↗
“I didn't mind it for the first half”
Mission_Coat_4677 · Reddit ↗
“the third act completely lost me when it just became a huge commercial for Kamp Koral and you realize thats the only reason this movie exists and it pissed me off”
Mission_Coat_4677 · Reddit ↗
“I looked at my phone during the last half hour”
maurywillz · Reddit ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.
“Utterly demented and magnificent.”
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine (Vulture) · 90
“This time around, writer-director Tim Hill steps in, and he’s managed to take the goofy denizens of Bikini Bottom on a road trip that is visually dazzling and almost consistently hilarious, mixing verbal and physical humor, as well as some perfectly chosen cameos, both in-person and among the voice cast.”
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap · 88
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is a capricious and touching surrealist kiddie ride that, in its sugar-high way, is as much a celebration of friendship as the “Toy Story” films.”
Owen Gleiberman, Variety · 80
“Does it push the sponge forward? Probably not, and that’s ok. There’s something timeless about Bikini Bottom remaining as it is, with spin-offs and new series serving as the appropriate playgrounds for new outlets of storytelling. Sponge on the Run lovingly splits the difference, but doesn’t take anything away from what many know and love.”
Tara Bennett, Paste Magazine · 80
“The movie is an act of loony generosity we shouldn’t refuse. This is ludicrous entertainment for frazzled times.”
Stephanie Zacharek, Time · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 66, the watch 46
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“The beginning of the movie sets up and portrays Bikini Bottom in a very unique grounded-ish way we haven't really seen before.”
ben123111▲ 153about 0–15% inread it ↗
“But everything after SpongeBob and Patrick set off on the road is just bad.”
ben123111▲ 153about 15–100% inread it ↗
“The whole thing feels like they let a new director take over every fifteen minutes, each one taking the plot in such wildly different directions that it really does feel like they gave up after struggling for so long and haphazardly mashed together the bits from the discarded scripts that worked”
Jefferystar94▲ 64about 0–100% inread it ↗
“I didn't mind it for the first half”
Mission_Coat_4677▲ 30about 0–50% inread it ↗
“The SpongeBob movie Sponge On The Run Was a really good movie it really had a good story about SpongeBob and Patrick were going on this journey to rescue Gary but only to get put on trial but everybody else came to defend SpongeBob and help him get Gary back”
JACOBJAKEJORDANread it ↗
“Es ist..... ein Spongebob Film. Natürlich in mehreren Szenen lustig. Aber es hat zu wenig Witze für Erwachsene. Zwar hat es Gastauftritte von Keanu und Snoop Dog, die aber den Kindern kaum was sagen dürften.”
ProfAmateurread it ↗
“SpongeBob has always been overrated and this trash makes it worse, Jokes are worthless”
Enricco6read it ↗
“The art style and animation are really good but the story and humor are really bad”
BleedingJesterread it ↗
“Thanks to its meme resurgence, a surprisingly successful musical, three spinoff shows in the works and the thirteenth season currently airing, there is no slowing down Bikini Bottom's finest. As a fan, it was nice to spend some time with these characters who I haven't seen in a while - but the original movie and first few seasons are still superior in every way. - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-r”
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