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Yes, but only if you can accept that a movie and a book are very different mediums. I'll explain.
The movie and the book tell the same story, but they use different methods to approach that story.
The book is largely focused on man vs problem. This is made possible by being inside Grace's head.
The movie is more man vs self. The problem is sort of secondary. You could remake the whole film where he's a wizard trapped in another dimension and it would still work.
I adore the book (I think I've read 4-5 times now)! I loved the movie (saw it twice lol)! They both do a good job of storytelling, they're just different, because books and movies are inherently different mediums. There are things I like more in the book version, and things where I liked the movie's take better.
Stratt is much more human in the movie, which makes for an interesting take on her choice to send Grace on the mission. The actress is great, and a more human Stratt becomes some of the backbone for Grace's journey. Grace is not as clever in the movie, which some people didn't like but again, changes some of the motivations and I think it works since the focus is on Grace's struggle with himself (more so than in the book, anyway). I love love love the deep science stuff from the book. It's basically not in the movie. They skip a TON of the science. They also drop some of the fake science stuff from the book though. I don't like the change to Rocky's attitude about eating in front of Grace. I loved that they removed the coma resistance subplot (felt very contrived in the book anyway). Overall, they are both great, just understand that they aren't trying to do exactly the same thing.
The film is visually stunning and despite being quite long it doesn't ever feel too slow, even in those moments where it's meant to give you a chance to breathe.
I have exactly one complaint with the film that I stand behind. We already know what's on the other side of the wall when we first see Rocky's claw. There is one (1) totally unnecessary, overly loud jump scare noise. Bad bad bad.