Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But when people start disappearing, Mike Hanlon calls the others home for one final stand. Damaged by scars from the past, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise -- now more powerful than ever.... (Full plot summary below)
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Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But when people start disappearing, Mike Hanlon calls the others home for one final stand. Damaged by scars from the past, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise -- now more powerful than ever.
Leave your thoughts about It Chapter Two.
| EmpireAlex GodfreyA psychologically merciless sequel, everything here is as it should be: deeper, scarier, funnier. Muschietti in particular has stepped up, skilfully guiding us through a rollicking funhouse. It is obscenely entertaining. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovYou’ve got to hand it to director Andy Muschietti. Adapting any Stephen King novel – or, for that matter, shorter material – is always a hit-or-miss gig, but It Chapter Two manages to pull out all the stops and in several areas actually tops the first film. |
| UproxxVince ManciniIt Chapter 2 is like this rumbling ball of smooshed together fiction tropes — kids on bikes! bullies vs outcasts! conquering your fears! scary clowns! bad guys who drool! — that rapidly disintegrates as it speeds toward an ending. It’s the disintegration that makes it interesting (well, that and the competent staging and acting). |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfEven as it drifts into narrative indiscipline, you appreciate the movie’s attempt to make sense of a troubled, beclowned present. |
| Slant MagazineHenry StewartThe film argues we’re stronger and better when we’re home, building communities that can oppress the oppressors and build up so-called “losers.” |
| Boston GlobeTom RussoThe character-isolating bits furnish us with immolating heroines and dread-laden glimpses of Pennywise unmasked — you know, stuff to fill the quiet moments between arachnophobe nightmares and a predatory scene even more perverse than the saga-opening storm-drain vignette. |
| USA TodayBrian TruittHowever solid the grown-ups are, the youngsters together – whether in the first film or the sequel – make “It” shine. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFor all of Muschietti’s visual flourishes and with the greatly talented Bill Skarsgard again delivering a madcap, disturbingly effective, all-in performance as the dreaded Pennywise, It: Chapter Two had a relatively muted impact on me. |
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiA very fine follow-up to the most successful horror film ever. |
| TheWrapDan CallahanIt Chapter Two is a much grander project than the first film. |
