This movie ties up the loose ends left by the previous one. Unfortunately, there's no Ushiko-Umao reference in this one. The story's pretty interesting since it's got time travel and inevitable time paradoxes, though. We get a little info on the lives of the main characters after the events of the first movie, then we also learn about how things are for them three years later. I think this stuff would be particularly appreciated by fans of the series since it gives you that sense of closure. One character from the OVAs appears in the movie, so you may want to watch the OVAs firstto learn who the hell the guy is. I thought he seemed out of character, though; he was hitting on Madoka as if he never came to his big realization.

The plot feels kinda aimless once Kyosuke gets sent to the future. He's confused, he doesn't know what to do or where to go... All he can do is give us a tour of the future to show us the after story. Once the solution is presented... Well, he didn't have to work for it at all. It gets you feeling like there won't even be a climax, but then there's sort of one shortly after.

The details in the art and animation made it look more like a movie than the first movie. It was still pretty average, not like it was so incredibly smooth that it stands out. I guess you could say it was about as good as any other anime movie based on a series. Y'know, stuff like Spirited Away is on another level.
The characters have smaller eyes than before and generally look older and a little more modern. One point I found odd was the size difference between Kyosuke age 19 and 22. It was like comparing a teen to an adult... but they were both adults. It would be sort of unusual for a person to still be growing at that age...

Yusaku is still missing in action. I don't remember what happened to him in the series at all... like he just faded away at some point. Would Hikaru accept him if he managed to directly tell her how he feels? This feels like one loose end that could possibly end that love triangle once and for all.

Anyhow, it was a pretty decent movie. It wasn't very exciting or whatever and it didn't really have me guessing what would happen next since they introduced the solution to the problem pretty early in the movie. Despite that, I still found it interesting, though.