Loved the first 1 hr and 50 mins but...

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2002)

Much has been made about the infamous twist to the film which you may or may not see coming (personally, I did see it coming). I absolutely loved the first 1hr 50 mins of the film up to the point at which the twist is revealed. The problem is that once the twist is revealed, you are left with an utterly tedious 25 minutes for the rest of the film to play out.
Someone should have explained to David Fincher that once you reveal the clever twist of your movie, the film is pretty much over and at most the audience can tolerate perhaps an additional 5 minutes of tying up loose ends. Instead, this film gets lost in nearly a half hour of wretched storytelling that completely destroys the momentum which it had built up.
9/10 for the first 110 minutes. 2/10 for the closing 25 (excluding the credits). Overall, I'd give it 7/10 and will probably eventually purchase it on DVD.