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As someone who has played both Ni No Kuni's major games (Wrath of the White Witch and Revenant Kingdom) this movie does not correlate the game's storyline, it's an alternative storyline at best.
The story is very mediocre, very predictable (I knew the villain the moment I saw him) and does not follow the game's logic. It's like, trying to be Ni No Kuni, but it is not.
The 2D animation is good(as you expect when you consider it's heavily inspired by Ghibli's work), but the CGI is very bad.
The sound is good, many soundtracks are from the original games, and ... most of the time fit well.
The characters... are complicated. I enjoyed them at the beginning, they made me want to continue watching to see how they end up, but it seems they became less and less important at the end.
I felt it lacks a bit of exploration of the world, Ni No Kuni's world-building is fantastic and it makes you want to see how much this world is so different and magical, the different creatures and places. But this doesn't happen here, as it is almost kingdom and citie landscape and as for creatures, it has a tiny creature that follows the characters around, but it was completely unnecessary
I like some of the references to the games, life the flying boat, Evermore, King Tom, Oliver outfit, Mornstar, the puppet spell, and some themed songs of the games. It gives the feeling you're still watching Ni No Kuni, even though it doesn't look like it.
Overall, it is an enjoyable movie, it is for sure flawed and misses some of the game logic so it doesn't look a Ni No Kuni film, but the characters are enjoyable and the story isn't really bad, just don't expect to be enchanted to this movie as you would be from the game story. If you like the game, you may like this film.