Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds

Although the writing for Naruto movies aren't usually the best, this one had some interesting turns. I thought Sasuke would take center stage in much of the action since he was smoldering and shirtless in one of the opening sequences. However, Naruto surprised me by pulling off some amazing stunts throughout the narrative. I'll stop there because there isn't much plot that the synopsis omitted.

Oh, the characters. Looks like we have less emo Sasuke, Sakura and Hinata as the fanservice objects and backups that are still useless in battle, cameos from Kakashi as the voice-over narrator, and Orochimaru as the bedridden grandmother (Sai, Neji, Shino, and Shikamaru play cameos of themselves). There's also the movie-only character Doctor and his apprentice Amaru, who gets to be the one befriended by Naruto (sad Amaru).