Review: Off-The-Wall And Trippy Sequel 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water'

For a property with the most threadbare concept imaginable (he's an undersea creature who works at a fast food restaurant, has a pet snail, and loves "jelly-fishing"), "SpongeBob SquarePants" has been something of a cultural juggernaut, airing nearly 200 episodes (comprised of 360 11-minute segments), inspiring theme park attractions and Thanksgiving Day floats, and selling untold millions in merchandise. Amazingly, this week sees the release of the second "SpongeBob SquarePants" feature film (nearly 11 years after "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"), this one given the ungainly title "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water." With so much ground already covered, this new film suggests that the only place left for SpongeBob and his friends to go is into our world. The results are typically loony, but you can't help but feel like the franchise is getting a little fatigued. Certainly there's more than just living in a pineapple under the...