Plankton: The Movie
Seen it?2025 | 83 min | Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and adventure fans. If you loved The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 23 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
71% on Rotten Tomatoes, 61 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; spent 4 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 126K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dave Needham
- Mr. LawrencePlankton / Teen Plankton / Rube / Snorkler (voice)
- Jill TalleyKaren / All the Karens / Alarm Voice / Stiletto Woman / Old Lady Cane (voice)
- Tom KennySpongeBob / Random Student / Gary / French Narrator (voice)
- Bill FagerbakkePatrick / Troop (voice)
- Rodger BumpassSquidward / Fish Troop / Goofy Goober Employee (voice)
- Carolyn LawrenceSandy (voice)
- Clancy BrownMr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)
- Mary Jo CatlettMrs. Puff (voice)
- Lori AlanPearl / A Woman in Crowd (voice)
- Dee Bradley BakerPerch Perkins / Roommate / Guy in the Back of the Crowd / Muscle Fish (voice)