Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jessica Chastain | ... | Beverly Marsh | |
James McAvoy | ... | Bill Denbrough | |
Bill Hader | ... | Richie Tozier | |
Isaiah Mustafa | ... | Mike Hanlon | |
Jay Ryan | ... | Ben Hanscom | |
James Ransone | ... | Eddie Kaspbrak | |
Andy Bean | ... | Stanley Uris | |
Bill Skarsgård | ... | Pennywise | |
Jaeden Martell | ... | Young Bill Denbrough | |
Wyatt Oleff | ... | Young Stanley Uris | |
Jack Dylan Grazer | ... | Young Eddie Kaspbrak | |
Finn Wolfhard | ... | Young Richie Tozier | |
Sophia Lillis | ... | Young Beverly Marsh | |
Chosen Jacobs | ... | Young Mike Hanlon | |
Jeremy Ray Taylor | ... | Young Ben Hanscom |
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.
I was very excited to see this film, have been since 2017, when I saw the first one. Unfortunately, this one was a huge mess.
I love the way the first IT didn't want to be JUST a horror movie, but rather took time to build up a story, emotional connection. That is what made it so different from all the other horror movies that are being made nowadays. HOWEVER, this was completely thrown out the window in the second one. Considering how incredibly long this movie is, 90% of it was just buildup for jumpscares, jumpscares themselves and weird CGI.
The worst thing for me was that there were too many things going on, jumping all over the place. And most of it was just for shock value, nothing important to the story.
What I did love was the casting, it was absolutely brilliant, especially Eddie.
I guess this is once again a classic case of - bigger budget does not mean better movie, as well as more CGI does not mean better movie.