Combining animation with live action once more, ‘Sponge on the Run’ is the third

Spongebob feature film of the Spongebob Squarepants series, after the ‘Spongebob
Squarepants Movie’ in 2004 and ‘Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ in 2015.
Even though it is a new SpongeBob movie, be prepared to watch a plotline similar to the first
one - where SpongeBob and Patrick went on a quest to find King Neptune’s crown - but this
time, they went on a quest to find Gary.

This is the first time you won’t hear Patchy the Pirate’s famous call “Are ya ready kids?” as
part of it, which is sad news for the - now - adult audience. There are several points in this
movie that are not really connected to the original story. Some of the characters will be given
a few scenes of how they 'met' Spongebob through a flashback to the soon to be made
spinoff, but on the original show, they have entire episodes dedicated to it. Of course,
continuity isn’t one of the strong suits to the show, but certain things shouldn’t be ignored.

Stephen Hillenburg (Spongebob’s deceased creator) was heavily against a spinoff of any
kind. Now, in the movie dedicated to him after he passed, here’s the very story he never
wanted in a big screen movie. This movie seems just an introduction to the -soon to be made-
'Camp Coral' spinoff. You can clearly find some sort of “trailer” from this spinoff in many
scenes. The inclusion of these elements is disrespectful to Hillenburg’s memory, once he
explicitly said he never wanted this, in any kind, to be made.

Finally, ‘Sponge on the Run’ has some moments that will really make you laugh. Those silly
and fast-jokes made-up for the longdate audience, the animation and design was really good -
except for Sandy Cheeks’ - and there were some nice scenes with the famous actor Keanu
Reeves and the singer Snoop Dogg. But should you watch it if you are more than 12 years
old? It’s not worth your time, certainly.
Victoria Marcondes, 2020