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I don't think this review has spoilers, but I do mention why I think the plot was dumb in various ways. I don't specify any events or characters, so I don't think you'll be spoiled, but read with that In mind.

Frankly I dropped MHA after finishing the 5th season, so a lot was new to me when watching this movie. However, I don't think that affects my evaluation very much.

The only good thing about the movie was the animation, which was really good and why I gave this movie a 7 overall. The story was pretty garbage in my opinion. The idea of a new ... All Might was quite interesting, which is why I decided to give the movie a watch. This new "All Might" had an insane quirk that could quite literally control the whole world, but just chose to not use it other than to mess around for fun. I can't say too much without spoiling a lot, but essentially the entire plot would not have even been able to happen had one character used their brain. This character basically resolved the conflict by doing something that they had the ability to do since over (what I perceive to have been, the exact time wasn't specified) a decade ago and prevented everything. Yes, this character quite literally had that entire time to do something that would have taken less than a minute, and none of this would have happened. It really was so stupid and if you watch the movie, you'll definitely know what I mean.

It's MHA, so we don't really expect a mind blowing story, but this really was just a classic "villain gains world-ending strength but trolls, then heroes come and fight and win because someone realises they had the solution the entire time and everyone cheers even though the city is in ruins". The ending was also gone through very quickly relative to the rest of the movie.

TLDR; first half is a waste of time/money to watch, second half is somewhat worth watching and comparatively better than the first half. But I still recommend watching the TV series first. I give the first half a 7, and the second half a 9 (because the second half was more or less the same as TV series episodes with a few scenes cut out and several seconds of new ones), averaging the overall score to 8.

(First half review)
I am a huge BTR fan and ever since the first season aired, I have been deeply involved in BTR-related online campaigns and IRL events etc. and ... I would say that it is my favorite series of all time. I went to watch it on release day in Japan with high expectations. That being said, or rather that being the case, I was quite disappointed by this theatrical compilation of the first half of the TV series. Simply put, the pacing was way too fast, and it didn't really feel like it honored the TV version. I imagine most people who watch it will know the story of the TV version, just as I do, but even for me I feel like they skipped way too many details to try and cram everything in. In the case of someone who doesn't know BTR at all, I cannot imagine how they could follow what was happening. Somehow within the first few minutes, three of the main characters have been introduced and the story is already going at full speed. There were also times when they chose to play songs in the background while showing a montage of a key event in the story, instead of letting viewers enjoy it. I can also probably count on two hands the number of new "scenes" that weren't in the TV version (by scenes, I mean literal frames added to make pre-existing events look fresher, not even side interactions). I would say to give it a watch if you're a true BTR fan just for the heck of it, but I would not recommend someone unfamiliar with BTR to watch this.

(Second half review)
I have now watched the second half on its release day. It had some new scenes that weren't in the TV version, which was nice, but not that many. I do think that it was a much better compilation of the last episodes of the TV series, but to be fair, it had less to compile and so they could keep more content. I was really hoping for a second season announcement at the end, but there wasn't. There were two new songs: the opening and ending songs. The ending song was written by two members of Asian Kung-Fu Generation, which is the band that the members of Kessoku Band have the same surnames as, so that was a nice touch. The way they ended the movie was also kind of interesting (it was a new "scene" that was not in the TV version), and it also made me think that a second season would be coming (like I said, there ended up being no such announcement). Other than that, there wasn't much of note.

Overall I think the second half compilation is more worth watching than the first half, if you've watched the entirety of the TV series before. If you've never watched the TV series, then I don't recommend watching these compilation movies: I suggest to watch the TV series first, and then skip the first half compilation movie and go directly to the second half compilation if you really want more BTR. But again, there wasn't that much new stuff, so the TV series alone is all you really need.