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The only thing that wasn’t devoured by Pennywise was my interest in this film. This 2019 action-comedy thriller directed by Andy Muschetti, follows the journey of the Loser’s Club 27 years after the events of It (2017). The group comes back to Derry, Maine to fulfill their childhood promise of killing Pennywise.
I think each of the adult actors does their absolute best to duplicate the personality brought to life by the kids two years ago. Although Jessica Chastain (who portrays Beverley Marsh) doesn’t nearly live up to the same caliber as Sophia Lillis did before, she does bring life into the character. Eddie (played by James Ransone), his paranoia seems a little forced in this installment. Richie (Bill Hader) never changed and still cracks foul-mouthed sayings that Finn Wolfhard brought originally and all the little popular culture wackiness, and cracks jokes at the best points to defuse the tension.
As far as plot points go, during the battle inside the depths of the Neibolt House, a small Pomeranian shape-shifted and it caught me completely off guard in the final battle.
One of the funnier things in the film was the naked old day running in Beverly’s old apartment, Stephen King’s cameo in the pawn shop, Eddie squeezing the eyes out of the monster to the tune of Angel of the Morning. Beverly in the school bathroom stall and all of the heads popping out especially a young Henry Bower’s screaming “Here’s Johnny!” from the top of his lungs as a nod to The Shining (1980), another Stephen King work. Richie’s Die Hard reference cut off by the deadlights. All of these moments hit the mark for me in terms of comedic relief.
With its 2 hour and 50 minute runtime, It: Chapter 2 does seem to drag on at some points but it’s forgiven it with providing small bits of exposition throughout this film with the kids from Chapter One. This film does have the added benefit of being a little more accurate to the book than the 1990 mini-series had. What this adaptation lacks is the details of Bill’s marriage, or Bev’s job and her manipulative husband. Despite all the lackluster points, this is an enjoyable mixture of comedy, horror, and heartfelt! If you can float to the movies, you should definitely check it out. Because if you watch this, you’ll float too!
It: Chapter Two is a property of Stephen King and Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, both subsidiaries of WarnerMedia.
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