It: Chapter Two
New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 6, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 52 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
EmpireAlex GodfreySep 3, 2019
A psychologically merciless sequel, everything here is as it should be: deeper, scarier, funnier. Muschietti in particular has stepped up, skilfully guiding us through a rollicking funhouse. It is obscenely entertaining. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 4, 2019
You’ve got to hand it to director Andy Muschietti. Adapting any Stephen King novel – or, for that matter, shorter material – is always a hit-or-miss gig, but It Chapter Two manages to pull out all the stops and in several areas actually tops the first film. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfSep 3, 2019
Even as it drifts into narrative indiscipline, you appreciate the movie’s attempt to make sense of a troubled, beclowned present. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineHenry StewartSep 5, 2019
The film argues we’re stronger and better when we’re home, building communities that can oppress the oppressors and build up so-called “losers.” Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoSep 5, 2019
The character-isolating bits furnish us with immolating heroines and dread-laden glimpses of Pennywise unmasked — you know, stuff to fill the quiet moments between arachnophobe nightmares and a predatory scene even more perverse than the saga-opening storm-drain vignette. Read full review
75
UproxxVince ManciniSep 5, 2019
It Chapter 2 is like this rumbling ball of smooshed together fiction tropes — kids on bikes! bullies vs outcasts! conquering your fears! scary clowns! bad guys who drool! — that rapidly disintegrates as it speeds toward an ending. It’s the disintegration that makes it interesting (well, that and the competent staging and acting). Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittSep 3, 2019
However solid the grown-ups are, the youngsters together – whether in the first film or the sequel – make “It” shine. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 3, 2019
For all of Muschietti’s visual flourishes and with the greatly talented Bill Skarsgard again delivering a madcap, disturbingly effective, all-in performance as the dreaded Pennywise, It: Chapter Two had a relatively muted impact on me. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiSep 3, 2019
A very fine follow-up to the most successful horror film ever. Read full review
70
VoxAja RomanoSep 8, 2019
The ultimate problem with this remake. King’s novel argues that evil is cyclical and that we never really outgrow our childhood fears because our childhood fears never really end. But It: Chapter Two muddles this message. It tries to convince us, not very effectively, that the evil in Derry can be fully defeated. But it also wants us to know that the real evil in Derry is Derry itself and that Derry is every small American town. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoSep 3, 2019
It Chapter 2 downgrades Pennywise's presence amidst the adult Losers' coming together, but is still a funhouse-freaky sequel that makes quite the statement in terms of scaling blockbuster horror bigger and grander. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 3, 2019
It: Chapter Two is much longer than it needs to be, but it builds to something significant — and a lot of that filler feels justifiable in terms of how audiences’ consumption patterns are changing. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 3, 2019
There was something about the first film, about seeing not just the horror but also the joy of growing up through the kids’ eyes. That’s lost by necessity here, but It Chapter Two certainly misses it. And so do I. Read full review
70
IGNJim VejvodaSep 3, 2019
There are still plenty of scares and things to enjoy in It Chapter Two even though it can't quite stick the landing. Read full review
70
TheWrapDan CallahanSep 3, 2019
It Chapter Two is a much grander project than the first film. Read full review
67
ConsequenceMichael RoffmanSep 3, 2019
It: Chapter Two doubles down on the exhausting jump scares and CGI that plagued the 2017 original. Yet for all its faults—and there are many—it’s still an enthralling and emotionally affecting piece of blockbuster filmmaking. Read full review
67
The PlaylistGriffin SchillerSep 3, 2019
Despite some misplaced comedy, a few questionable creative decisions, and tonal inconsistencies, It: Chapter Two brings it all home with a remarkable third act that provides one of the most relatable, moving, and emotionally satisfying conclusions. Read full review
65
The VergeKeith PhippsSep 5, 2019
It’s an appreciably less-engaging film in every way, suffering from lurching storytelling, wild vacillations in tone (even within scenes), and a strong cast that never fully gels as a group. Read full review
65
UproxxMike RyanSep 3, 2019
It Chapter Two is about redemption and the Losers coming together again to learn how strong they all are together. And the actors make it work. But the biggest problem is IT, because IT can be everything and IT can be nothing. IT has no real rules or motivations, or rhyme or reason, for literally anything he does. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 6, 2019
At times, the film tends toward meandering and self-indulgence. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireSep 6, 2019
It Chapter Two can be a sprawling, unwieldy mess — overlong, overstuffed and full of frustrating detours — but its casting is so spot-on, its actors have such great chemistry and its monster effects are so deliriously ghoulish that the film keeps you hooked. Read full review
63
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonSep 5, 2019
Your fear that the movie will never end is the most palpable fear offered by Chapter Two, which substitutes spectacle for the creeping, escalating dread the story is meant to have, and that the first movie had in modest amounts. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleSep 4, 2019
Taking each storyline at a time, all accompanied by flashbacks, gives each character some depth, even as the crowded film — at nearly three-hours long — verges on turning into a clown car. That sheer much-ness is in the spirit of King’s massive book. “Chapter Two” is, for better or worse, a horror carnival. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 3, 2019
There’s more deliciously creepy anticipation in “Chapter Two,” but once again, Muschietti buttresses up the spook factor with too many computer-generated monsters that inevitably become banal. Through it all, Hader cracks wise, Ransone worries, Chastain emotes, McAvoy broods and monsters jump, but we lose the most important thing of all: the Losers themselves. Read full review
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