Written by Gary Dauberman
Directed by Andy Muschietti
Pennywise: "For 27 years, I dreamt of you. I craved you... I've missed you!"
The other day I reviewed the first chapter of this duology adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. Now it's time for the less loved sequel.
It's been a good twenty seven years and the Losers Club mostly left Derry and pursued different lives and careers. There's Bill Denbrough (James McAvoy). He's become a mystery writer incapable of sticking the landing with his endings but he's still widely successful.
We've also got Beverley Marsh (Jessica Chastain), now a successful fashion designer with an abusive husband while Eddie Kaspbrak (James Ransome) became a risk analyst with a wife not too dissimilar to his own mother. Oh and everyone's foul mouth favourite Richie Tozier (Bill Harder) chose a career in comedy.
As for the remaining Loser Club members, Ben Hanscom (Jay Ryan) became an architect and Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa) a historian who actually remained in Derry. Last but not least, there was Stan Uris (Andy Bean) whose suicide would be the very thing to reunite the remaining members back to Derry.
Yup, Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) returned and with it, many deaths soon followed. Despite being adults, Pennywise wanted revenge on the Losers Club and took an overeager delight in tormenting each and every single member. Once again, he went for the jugular.
As adults, the remaining Losers Club members weren't as prepared for Pennywise, in spite of their previous encounter with him. There's another death among the gang, unrequited love both never spoken for one but affirmed for others before Pennywise was defeated for a second time in twenty seven years.
- The opening scene saw Adrian Mellon (Xavier Dolan) and Don Hagerty (Taylor Fray) killed for being gay. The movie also revealed that Richie was in love with Eddie.
- There's several other reappearances included the Leper, the Witch, Henry Bowers, Patrick Hockstetter and Georgie Denbrough. The younger version of the Losers Club also appeared.
- Standout music: Cameo's Word Up and Juice Newton's Angel In The Morning.
- Chronology: 2016 in Derry, Maine but also scenes in New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
It Chapter Two was mostly a good sequel but it's a good example as to why not every movie actually works with an extended run time. At nearly three hours, it really did lag in a lot of parts. I do wonder if this whole adaptation should've either been a trilogy or trimmed more of the material to have made for a pacier duology.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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