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If you enjoy the anime for the family dynamics, which is arguably the main "catch" for the series, the film will fall short.

The art and technical aspects of the film are all good; the production is noticeably higher than that of the anime series.
But certain plot elements are ridiculous to a degree even the TV chapters do not dare go.
The main characters' powers are too convenient and overexaggerated in the movie to a point it's difficult to hold the same suspension of disbelief that the TV series managed to create.

The plot sadly does not revolve around each character's unique traits and secrets (super spy, professional ... assassin, telepathy), it just uses these traits for gags and plot convenience. Yor's final battle is cool, but adds nothing to the story. Loid wasn't on any particular secret mission, he just so happened to be in the right place and right time where WISE would then learn he was needed. They had to use the dog (mr. Bond) to make Anya advance two of the three most significant plot points (both very similar- Anya reads dog's mind, acts on it, and gets in trouble).

The other plot point, the most natural and convincing if you follow the series (baking a cake for the principal) and which initially puts the story into motion, seems abandoned and pointless by the end of the movie.
Had the story focused on this one element, instead of derailing into a stupid and random sudden military adventure, perhaps it would've made for a good film.