"The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants" may not be the series’ most inspired cinematic outing, but it’s a likable one.

The whole movie is shaped this way: one for the kid, one for the grandparent.

Whether its spitballing silliness will linger when the lights come up is debatable, but it’s a solid SpongeBob movie -- and by far the funniest Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Sadly, the nautical nonsense never quite knits together and the excellent voice cast is left to soak up a damp squib of a story.