Great conclusion to the Skywalker Saga.

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2019)

I went into the theater with a fair amount of skepticism, as all I've been seeing was outrage, but the movie itself did a good job making me forget about them early on.
The movie was a love letter to Star Wars. There were easter eggs from the movies and both animated series everywhere. The story itself was cohesive and while there was a bit of a retcon, that I'm guessing happened due to fans being mad from previous movies (guessing similar to Jar Jar Binks not being a Sith Lord in the end), it did remain good and everything made sense, with a few things left unexplained to (I assume) add to the mystery of the Force.
Both the Kylo Ren and Rey character arcs were concluded with the story of Kylo Ren, being (personal opinion here) the best handled case of a character across multiple movies I've so far seen on Star Wars to date.
The movie was very dense with little downtime between story and combat sequences. It really didn't feel like it was over 2 hours.
If you're a Star Wars fan who doesn't expect everything you theorized to happen on screen, you're far more likely to really enjoy this movie than not.
It might be a little unfair that I removed a star for the CGI use for Leia, as the filmmakers couldn't really help it, with Carrie Fisher's unfortunate passing, but the uncanny valley could take you out of it a little bit. Otherwise an excellent movie and I would definitely recommend everyone to watch it.