It Chapter Two
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It Chapter Two (2019)

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6.5
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 459,832 votes
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Audience 6.4/10 972 votes Synced 2026-07-19
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External reviews

Tom Russo · Boston Globe 75.00/100.00

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.

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Henry Stewart · Slant Magazine 75.00/100.00

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.”

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Vince Mancini · Uproxx 75.00/100.00

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).

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Marc Savlov · Austin Chronicle 89.00/100.00

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.

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Dan Callahan · TheWrap 70.00/100.00

It Chapter Two is a much grander project than the first film.

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Alex Godfrey · Empire 100.00/100.00

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.

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Joshua Rothkopf · Time Out 80.00/100.00

Even as it drifts into narrative indiscipline, you appreciate the movie’s attempt to make sense of a troubled, beclowned present.

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Richard Roeper · Chicago Sun-Times 75.00/100.00

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.

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Brian Truitt · USA Today 75.00/100.00

However solid the grown-ups are, the youngsters together – whether in the first film or the sequel – make “It” shine.

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Johnny Oleksinski · New York Post 75.00/100.00

A very fine follow-up to the most successful horror film ever.

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