![]() The first chapter of It mishandled her, for all the reasons detailed in our previous review. With hair like winter fire and January embers, how I feel for thee. Assessment: 20% of key cast and crew members were women. Unfortunately, it’s not enough to make the film feel like anything more than an awkward extension of Muschietti’s stronger showing in 2017. ![]() Some shots, like when Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) and Ben Hanscom (Jay Ryan) reach for each other while trapped in their own shared nightmare, are simply beautiful to watch. Chapter Two succeeds most through its cinematography. Meanwhile, the small handful of jump scares fail to elicit more than a shrug, and tonal changes between horror and comedy add up to a disjointed experience. Now multiply that by several characters searching for various totems, and you can imagine how boring and repetitive this quickly becomes while adding nothing to the movie. The film charts a formulaic hero's journey, with space fillers such as the side plot where each member of “The Losers Club”, the moniker the main characters had given themselves as kids, must find an item that represents themself. The pacing feels dragged out at 2 hours and 50 minutes long, and in case you’re wondering-it doesn’t need to be that long. I’d gone into it without real expectations, and fell in love with the way Muschietti rendered the depths of human horror, as told through Bill Skarsgård’s portrayal of Pennywise.īut It: Chapter Two doesn’t hit the mark the way its predecessor did. Mama (2013) both terrified and resonated with me, and It (2017) was no different. ![]() Here’s the thing about Andy Muschietti: I love his movies. Reviewed by Kosoko □□□□□ -SPOILERS AHEAD. Writer: Gary Dauberman □□□□ based on the novel by Stephen King □□□□
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