It - Chapter 2: reviews

What the critics say average 6.7 from 10

• 10 EmpireAlex Godfrey 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
• 8.0 Time OutJoshua Rothkopf Even as it drifts into narrative indiscipline, you appreciate the movie?s attempt to make sense of a troubled, beclowned present. Read
• 7.5 USA TodayBrian Truitt However solid the grown-ups are, the youngsters together ? whether in the first film or the sequel ? make ?It? shine. Read
• 7.0 VarietyPeter Debruge 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
• 7.0 The WrapDan Callahan It Chapter Two is a much grander project than the first film. Read
• 6.7 The PlaylistGriffin Schiller 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
• 5.8 IndiewireKate Erbland It?s a whole lot less scary or fun the second time around. A meandering script and played-out scares keep it from rising to the top. Read
• 5.8 Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt The main problem with Chapter Two is that it goes on, and on, for so very long. If brevity is not necessarily the soul of a good scare, it would certainly serve a story that sends in the clowns, and then lets them just stay there ? leering and lurking and chewing. Read
• 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Though Muschietti occasionally finds lovely filmic ways to transition from one to the next, the stories don't get to resonate with each other in a meaningful or emotional way ? as they might in a series of well crafted hour-long episodes. Read
• 4.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw Like the first film, it becomes a virtual non-narrative anthology of standard jump-scares that could be reshuffled and shown in any order. The second time around, your tolerance for this is tested to destruction and beyond because, unlike the first movie, it is just so pointlessly long. Read