The story had so much potential, what with Naruto going back in time to meet Minato and young Kakashi, but the writers completely screwed it up. The interactions between the queen and her citizens were so fake that I cringed every time the citizens cheered the queen on. Naruto and Minato's interactions were mediocre to say the least, and they didn't even pay attention to Yamato until the very end for an onscreen time of approx. 15 seconds. What was the point of having him in the movie anyways???

This was not worthwhile to watch at all, and this is coming from a person who is super tolerant of anime films which many have found faults in. (show less)

It's been quite some time ago ever since I stopped watching the anime (cause seriously, it's screwing up the whole series. It's really sad to see people flaming Naruto just because the anime sucks. On the contrary, I really like the original Manga, it's hella awesome!!) But I still like Naruto, so I usually watch the movies only now. Sad to say though, it's getting worse with each passing movie *sigh*

Story: There's potential, but they didn't play it out well and I couldn't feel like as if there were any climax in the story at all. Predictable and sometimes, sad to say but it's kinda lame. Monotonous.

Nothing to say much about Dialogue and Animation since it's the same as always. Humor sprinkled here and there though, I like *spoiler?* how Yamato got to whack Kakashi on the head, and the reason for it, ha!

Entertainment: Ok so the main point of the movie? I'll say it's just for fans to get to see Minato, and in action (not much though). Guess it's also for Kakashi fans as well (though he didn't appear much) cause there just wasn't a good enough reason for him to appear, seriously. So if you're Minato fans especially, you probably don't wanna miss this movie.

But man, I'd rather that they focus on Minato instead of Naruto... In fact, they couldn't make Naruto any lamer... His fights are downright pathetic and sad, which is a real disappointment to me cause I can't believe that they had to make Naruto like that! He ain't THAT horrible in the Manga!

So in conclusion, watch this if you're in the "die die must watch every single Episode/Movie of Naruto" club. Else, the only other reasons in which you'll wanna waste your time watching this is, that you're a Minato fan, or you just have time to waste. That's all. (show less)