Why Are They Ruining ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’?!

Everyone’s favorite Bikini Bottom resident is starring in a brand new film. No, not SpongeBob (though he’s still a main character). The focus, for the first time, is all on Sandy Cheeks, the squirrel scientist from Texas who came undersea to Bikini Bottom to do valuable research.

She’s the star of the newest SpongeBob SquarePants movie, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, now streaming on Netflix. Things start great, with a strong Sandy-led musical number, but when the plot sets in gear and the gang goes above water...