Tagline
“For twenty-seven years, I dreamt of you.”
The Review
Andy Muschietti's It Chapter Two reunites the Losers' Club as adults returning to Derry to face Pennywise one final time. The adult cast — led by Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hader in a scene-stealing dramatic turn — elevates what could have been a retread into a genuinely emotional meditation on childhood trauma and memory. At 169 minutes it overextends, but the individual horror set pieces — the funhouse of mirrors, the fortune cookie restaurant — are among Wan-era horror's most inventive. Skarsgård's Pennywise remains magnificently terrifying.
Fun Fact
Bill Hader's performance as adult Richie was so emotionally raw that he had anxiety attacks between takes. The film's $473 million worldwide gross made it the second highest-grossing horror film ever. The de-aging effects on the child actors were achieved practically with body doubles rather than CGI.
Score Breakdown
Total Score
21/30
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