Good film but too long, poorly edited

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2014)

I have not read the book, M'Lady has.
We both felt like we'd endured over 2-1/2hrs. IMDb says runtime is 1hr49min & another site lists it at 2hr20min. It felt like the latter.
We agreed that with better editing the film could be about 15min shorter with nothing lost. Parts of the film were just too slow.
I felt that about 25 min could have been cut from the middle with 5- 10min added to the end for a little more depth. Things wrapped up a little too "neatly," as though the Director realized he'd stretched things out too long already.
I found the story fascinating & M'Lady felt it was true to the book.
In summary, a good movie that generates a lot of discussion afterward but it could have been tighter, moved along a bit faster & shorter.