It: Chapter Two
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27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely split territory on this one — the cast, production design, and Pennywise's set pieces drew real enthusiasm, but a significant portion of reviewers found the film too bloated and tonally uneven to match the first chapter. The suicide subplot also attracted pointed criticism for the way it reframes a character's death as heroic sacrifice rather than terror.
“For all of Muschietti's visual flourishes and with the greatly talented Bill Skarsgård again delivering a madcap, disturbingly effective, all-in performance as the dreaded Pennywise, It Chapter Two had a relatively muted impact on me.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“It Chapter Two can be a sprawling, unwieldy mess—overlong, overstuffed and full of frustrating detours—but its casting is so spot-on, its actors have such great chemistry and its monster effects are so deliriously ghoulish that the film keeps you hooked.”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“What a shame, then to build this beautiful stage, populate it with talented actors and high-level craftspeople, and then drop them all through the trap door of plodding humor and scattershot plotting.”
Katie Rife·The A.V. Club
“a movie that has no sense of its rules”
Rich Juzwiak·Jezebel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Andy MuschiettiDirector
Jessica ChastainBeverly Marsh
James McAvoyBill Denbrough
Bill HaderRichie Tozier
Isaiah MustafaMike Hanlon
Jay RyanBen Hanscom
James RansoneEddie Kaspbrak
Andy BeanStanley Uris
Bill SkarsgårdPennywise
Jaeden MartellYoung Bill Denbrough
Wyatt OleffYoung Stanley Uris
Jack Dylan GrazerYoung Eddie Kaspbrak
Finn WolfhardYoung Richie Tozier
Benjamin WallfischComposer
Gary DaubermanWriter
Stephen KingWriter
Jason FuchsWriter
Checco VareseCinematographyFrom the studio
It: Chapter Two
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
What critics thought
Critics landed in genuinely split territory on this one — the cast, production design, and Pennywise's set pieces drew real enthusiasm, but a significant portion of reviewers found the film too bloated and tonally uneven to match the first chapter. The suicide subplot also attracted pointed criticism for the way it reframes a character's death as heroic sacrifice rather than terror.
“For all of Muschietti's visual flourishes and with the greatly talented Bill Skarsgård again delivering a madcap, disturbingly effective, all-in performance as the dreaded Pennywise, It Chapter Two had a relatively muted impact on me.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“It Chapter Two can be a sprawling, unwieldy mess—overlong, overstuffed and full of frustrating detours—but its casting is so spot-on, its actors have such great chemistry and its monster effects are so deliriously ghoulish that the film keeps you hooked.”
Christy Lemire·RogerEbert.com
“What a shame, then to build this beautiful stage, populate it with talented actors and high-level craftspeople, and then drop them all through the trap door of plodding humor and scattershot plotting.”
Katie Rife·The A.V. Club
“a movie that has no sense of its rules”
Rich Juzwiak·Jezebel
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Andy MuschiettiDirectorJessica ChastainBeverly MarshJames McAvoyBill DenbroughBill HaderRichie TozierIsaiah MustafaMike HanlonJay RyanBen HanscomJames RansoneEddie KaspbrakAndy BeanStanley UrisBill SkarsgårdPennywiseJaeden MartellYoung Bill DenbroughWyatt OleffYoung Stanley UrisJack Dylan GrazerYoung Eddie KaspbrakFinn WolfhardYoung Richie TozierBenjamin WallfischComposerGary DaubermanWriterStephen KingWriterJason FuchsWriterChecco VareseCinematographyFrom the studio
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