Great for kids of all ages. There is a little bit of cartoon nudity, but as long as your child can handle it maturely, it should be ok. It's only a cartoon after all, guys! Sponge bob may get drunk on ice cream but it's only ice cream! It isn't saying "Hey WORLD! Lets all get drunk!" is it? Nah. The cartoon gags are what makes it funny!
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Very similar to the TV show.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Parents need to know that this movie has cartoon violence, crude humor, and many commercial tie-ins. If those things aren't your hot buttons, your kids will be fine watching this. But know that the advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has criticized this movie for its commercial tie-ins with junk food. Bikini Bottom seems to have an economy that is entirely fast-food-driven, which may pose a problem for families trying to teach children to eat sensibly.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about why being named manager is so important to SpongeBob and why getting the recipe is so important to Plankton. Why did Mindy's pretend spell make SpongeBob and Patrick feel more confident? They might also want to talk about the level of merchandising promoted by SpongeBob and how we decide what it is we really need and enjoy.
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Great for kids mature enough to handle it!
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
Don't let the minor things bother you and focus on the big picture- it's humor for kids!
Cute and funny for young kids and older ones. I love the part when he gets drunk on ice cream, but when it came out my younger sister didn't get it, so why worry about it? They won't understand, they'll just think he hate too much and got a tummyache or something, and I'm pretty sure that's what the writers were thinking as they created this movie. It's a cool message because SpongeBob can do anything he sets his mind to, even when people strongly doubted him. Watch it!
- I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
not a....
not a great movie
- I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
Perfect laugh out loud comedy for the whole family!
This movie is great for any age! I love the movie and i love the show! My 5 year old sister is obsessed! It's so stupid it's funny! Sure Patrick does come in with a flag in his butt cheeks, but it's a good goofy movie and it's not meant to be taken seriously. I personally think that there are no flaws at all in the movie or the show.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Very funny, stupid movie, not meant to be taken seriously
Most teens of the MySpace generation grew up on SpongeBob. I still watch it now and then, and I thought the movie was hysterical and ranks up there in my top animated movies. My supervisors absolutely hated it though, let that be a warning to parents.
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
god for kids boring for teens
They show teamwork to get the kings crown. Just a little tiny tiny voilents. good movie for kids six and up.
I rate this title on for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
spongebob = kids movie
I think it is a fine movie but i got bored at times i think it is a little old but alot of little kids would LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title off for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
an ok movie with some suggestive content
there is some suggestive content in this movie like: brief non realistic cartoon nudity, patric has a crush on a mermaid and shows it with his words and the exspretions on his face, very very brief language, and lots of peril and vilonce.
- I rate this title off for age 5 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
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Fine for Teens, but not for tweens
Before I saw this movie, I had never seen an episode of Spongebob.Of course I had heard about it, but my kids never really expressed an interest. On day I was shopping for a fun movie for the family, and I decided we'd try out this movie. Sure the cover looked innocent enough, but the content was the exact opposite. The first problem was when Spongebob's pants fell off, reveling his naked bottom. I covered my 8yr old's eyes when that happened. My 6yr old, thank the lord in heaven, was not present, because the movie was PG. After that, I continued to watch the movie with my 10yr old daughter, and sent my 8yr old upstairs. Just when I thought everything was going fine, Patrick, the pink starfish, shows up on the screen naked, with a flag between is butt cheeks that read "Spongebob." I was shocked, thinking "how could they let that pass in a PG rated movie?!" I continued to watch the movie by myself, just to see what kind of content they put into the rest of the movie. I was appalled. Spongebob goes to a "nut bar" which clearly symbolizes a real bar, and they get drunk on ice cream, which is symbolizing alcohol. They rest of the movie was very violent, and I was really shocked. Unless you have older kids, stay away from this movie.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give itMy concerns are:
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
good for the whole family and nonstop laughs!
well Spongebob gets "drunk' on icecream but that could happen and very good because you stick in this movie but shows nudity
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give itMy concerns are:
- Negative role models
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- Educational
Great for little kids
It's a great movie for the whole fam.Patrick is basicly being stupid in the whole movie and he's very childish so that's what i ment by bad role models.It's not really educational but it's for kids.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Excessive consumerism
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
perfect for any age!
This is one of the funniest movies! I have seen it like 20 times. this movie never getts old! This movies still uses language like "idiot" and "moron" but overall this is the best!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give itMy concerns are:
great movie for 2 and up
A masterful movie. Patrick is a little negative role model
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Good Movie with Some Iffy Stuffs
The movie is very similar to the show, but has a little bit more violence. Characters get smacked around quite a bit, Plankton gets stepped on multiple times (each one including a bloodcurdling scream), Plankton cracks a whip in a slave yard, piles of skeletons are seen over a pathway, and a hitman has a sign on the bottom of his boot labeled "Your Head Here". Sexual content includes Patrick being enamored with Mindy, calling her hot and at one point asking if she wants to see his underwear (it is played very quickly) and one quick shot of Patrick briefly having breasts. Language is mostly stuff like "idiot," "moron," and "stupid," and Mr. Krabs MIGHT have whispered "jack---" to Sponge. Overall, I think it's a great movie, but it's good to say parental warnings are pasted all over the film.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I laughed so hard during this film, but of course I'm a Spongebob Squarepants fan
For the sexual content, it's very mild. Patrick says the mermaid is "hot" and in the next scene you see him drooling over her appearance. In one scene Patrick is naked. You only see his buttocks and a flag between his buttocks. The scene only lasts for about ten seconds. In the next scene Patrick says, "Was it my butt?". In another scene Patrick asks the mermaid if she wants to see his buttocks. Spongebob and Patrick are seen wearing Goofy Goober underpants. For violence there is some, but very mild. In a scene we see a guy underwater that takes a sponge and a star fish. He places them on a table under a lamp where they slowly burn. Other creatures are seen, that were killed and has "googily eyes" glued onto them. Animated creatures attack a man, but it's not graphic and off-screen. A king freezes a man using his pitchfork. The king yells when he can't find his crown. Spongebob and Patrick go to shell city and we see several different monsters, but the monsters are so attracted to Patrick and Spongebob doing a special move they don't bother them. For profanity, it's minimal and very mild. Name-calling such as idiot, goof ball, dork, and barnacle head. For drug content, Spongebob supposedly gets "drunk" off ice cream.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I LOVED IT EVEN MY BROTHER
ME AND MY BROTHER LOVE SPONGEBOB AND HIS MOVIE , HE ROCKS YALL
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
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| 100% | of parents say it's too violent |
| 60% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 40% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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