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It's a difficult one. On one hand it was incredibly immersive - having not known anything about it I was drawn into the plot hook line and sinker, and was utterly captivated throughout; the length wasn't an issue for me at all. Rosamund Pike is brilliant, as are the rest of the cast in fact, and it's beautifully shot by Fincher, and superbly scored by Reznor/Ross too. That said, underneath the cinematic shimmer, the plot's minutiae could easily be viewed as (read: is) totally unbelievable, and it's come under a lot of fire for the handling of the blacker themes, with the ending being almost universally tanked.
I really enjoyed it, and have thought about it all day, but I'm a firm believer in dramatic licence and the benefit of the doubt - plot holes don't bother me so much as long as the product is impressive as a whole, which is certainly is. I'd definitely see it if you can - but aware that it's as much a satire as it is a thriller, and that it's not a totally watertight story.