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In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
What critics thought
Muschietti's adaptation wins widespread credit for its young ensemble and for Bill Skarsgård's genuinely unsettling Pennywise, with the coming-of-age undercurrent striking many critics as the film's real strength. Where opinion fractures is on the horror mechanics: a vocal minority felt the film leaned too hard on jump scares and CGI spectacle, undercutting exactly the dread it built elsewhere, while others found the atmosphere more than compensated.
“It is essentially two movies. The better by far is the one that feels like a darker Stand by Me (1986) a nostalgic coming-of-age story about seven likable outcasts riding around on their bikes and facing their fears together.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“Muschietti relies too much on your garden-variety jump scares and now-standard special effects. As always, the horrors you get a close look at are much less terrifying than those that remain unseen.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“Instead of building tension and suspense, 'It' just jumps from scene to scares with no connection or coherence to thread them together other than the mere fact that they've been placed on top of one-another, like toys mixed up from different sets.”
Lindsey Bahr·The Associated Press
“Muschietti understands the Spielberg-ian rule, that creating a recognizable and convincing backdrop makes the supernatural thing in the foreground feel tangible and believable”
San Francisco Chronicle
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Horror
Cast & Crew
Andy MuschiettiDirector
Jaeden MartellBill Denbrough
Jeremy Ray TaylorBen Hanscom
Sophia LillisBeverly Marsh
Finn WolfhardRichie Tozier
Chosen JacobsMike Hanlon
Jack Dylan GrazerEddie Kaspbrak
Wyatt OleffStanley Uris
Bill SkarsgårdPennywise
Nicholas HamiltonHenry Bowers
Jake SimBelch Huggins
Logan ThompsonVictor Criss
Owen TeaguePatrick Hockstetter
Benjamin WallfischComposer
Stephen KingWriter
Cary Joji FukunagaWriter
Chase PalmerWriter
Gary DaubermanWriter
Chung Chung-hoonCinematographyFrom the studio
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In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
What critics thought
Muschietti's adaptation wins widespread credit for its young ensemble and for Bill Skarsgård's genuinely unsettling Pennywise, with the coming-of-age undercurrent striking many critics as the film's real strength. Where opinion fractures is on the horror mechanics: a vocal minority felt the film leaned too hard on jump scares and CGI spectacle, undercutting exactly the dread it built elsewhere, while others found the atmosphere more than compensated.
“It is essentially two movies. The better by far is the one that feels like a darker Stand by Me (1986) a nostalgic coming-of-age story about seven likable outcasts riding around on their bikes and facing their fears together.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“Muschietti relies too much on your garden-variety jump scares and now-standard special effects. As always, the horrors you get a close look at are much less terrifying than those that remain unseen.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“Instead of building tension and suspense, 'It' just jumps from scene to scares with no connection or coherence to thread them together other than the mere fact that they've been placed on top of one-another, like toys mixed up from different sets.”
Lindsey Bahr·The Associated Press
“Muschietti understands the Spielberg-ian rule, that creating a recognizable and convincing backdrop makes the supernatural thing in the foreground feel tangible and believable”
San Francisco Chronicle
Genres
Horror
Cast & Crew
Andy MuschiettiDirectorJaeden MartellBill DenbroughJeremy Ray TaylorBen HanscomSophia LillisBeverly MarshFinn WolfhardRichie TozierChosen JacobsMike HanlonJack Dylan GrazerEddie KaspbrakWyatt OleffStanley UrisBill SkarsgårdPennywiseNicholas HamiltonHenry BowersJake SimBelch HugginsLogan ThompsonVictor CrissOwen TeaguePatrick HockstetterBenjamin WallfischComposerStephen KingWriterCary Joji FukunagaWriterChase PalmerWriterGary DaubermanWriterChung Chung-hoonCinematographyFrom the studio
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