Went to see this film tonight and must admit despite all the hype and the terrible reviews it got, i really enjoyed it. Think it followed the book pretty well - yes I have read that as well - and even though I knew the ending it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the film. Certainly recommend it to anyone who has read the book, you should enjoy the film as well and it didn't seem as long as ppl were saying it was, or maybe that is because I was so engrossed!!