Time for Smile Precure to tell another fairy tale with its movie, and what an enjoyable one it was! After a mysterious girl called Nico appeared, the main cast from this entry end up visiting the picture book world, a place where stories like Cinderella or Momotaro can be seen and experienced from the perspective of the characters. However, things start to get weird in their stories, and it's up to the girls to discover why and deal with that. The main focus of the story is on Nico and the protagonist of Smile, Miyuki, and the connection they have with each other. Even if I thinkthat Nico isn't that developed (which is totally understandable considering her position as a character from a picture book, mostly focused on giving a moral for the story, something she has) this movie still delivers hard with the emotional value of their bond, providing moments deserving of some tears. The rest of the girls get their fair share of screentime but aren't given memorable scenes (other than showing that they love Miyuki, who doesn't?) Meanwhile, poor Candy is just there.

Art and sound are the standard of Smile, providing nice songs and moments of great animation between the always solid look of the series.

Overall it was a fun movie with unexpected extra feels and well worth watching alongside the TV series, 7.5/10 from my part and I can easily see myself rewatching this in the future.