Or my fiancee. We both loved it. I had no issues with the pacing.

Yeah it's talky, but aren't most dramas?

There's some great writing, direction, and acting and when those 3 things come together all you can really do is nitpick. It wasn't a "blow you away" type of film, but it was an excellently made film. Every performance was at least solid if not great especially among the leads... unlike say another recent crime-ensemble film *coughTheDepartedcough*.

I'd say it's probably Fincher's most complete work so far. I'd give it a solid B+/A-