Could not tell you why some people are disappointed in this movie. It's just like any of the better episodes of the series, but longer and with superior animation. You get to see Sakura being cute in a variety of costumes, as well as her early-series blushing over Yukito all the time and getting bullied by her onii-chan. To top it off, it has that sweet Cardcaptor Sakura flavor where even the antagonist's motives aren't necessarily as evil as they may seem at first, and leaves you feeling warm. I wouldn't ask for anything more. One of my favorite things about this movie was story expansioninto Clow's life. He's a very interesting character, and the story from his past in this movie I think would make a great anime series on it's own.

I wish I had known to watch this chronologically! I watched it after I had watched the entire series. It seems like it's supposed to take place between season one and season two, even though it came out right after season two had finished airing, based off of her wand as well as a couple of other things I wouldn't want to risk spoiling about the main series. So if you're reading this review and haven't watched CCS yet for some reason, I recommend watching this at the end of season one.

Don't skip this just because some people didn't like it as much! It's eighty minutes of top quality Cardcaptor Sakura!