IT (2017) Movie Review By Ryan Balkwill (Spoiler Alert)

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Director: Andrés Muschietti

Producers: Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg & Barbara Muschietti.

Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman

Based on: It books by Stephen King

Casts: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård

Plot: Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare — an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town’s children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise.

Did you find the plot interesting? the plot for this new Stephen King’s It adaptation focus on the young kids who they have take on Pennywise.

Did I like this one? His one was really surprising  to me. 

Pros: I like the sound design, Honor & the intense drama of this film & I like all of the young children in this film because they were likeable & Bill Skarsgard take on Pennywise the clown was scary marvellous.

Cons: I didn’t see why there was bullies in the film & it film might be Too scary to watch this along.

The Casts & Characters:

• Jaeden Lieberher as Bill Denbrough

The leader of the group of kids known as the Losers Club, who vows to get revenge on the monster with the help of his friends. 

• Bill Skarsgård as It / Pennywise The Dancing Clown / Bob Gray

An ancient, trans-dimensional evil that awakens every twenty-seven years.

• Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben Hanscom

A shy, overweight boy with a crush on Beverly, who relays the incidents of Derry‘s past to his friends.

• Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh

 

• Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier

The bespectacled best friend of Bill, whose loud mouth and foul language often get him into trouble.

• Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Uris

The pragmatic son of a rabbi, whose bar mitzvah studies are haunted by a ghoulish woman from a painting.

• Chosen Jacobs as Mike Hanlon

A sweet, softly-spoken black boy living on the outskirts of Derry on his Grandfather’s farm.

• Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie Kaspbrak

A sickly boy who only feels truly well when he is with his friends.

• Nicholas Hamilton as Henry Bowers

A young sociopath who leads the Bowers Gang, and terrorizes the Losers’ Club.

• Jackson Robert Scott as George Denbrough

The innocent, energetic 7-year-old brother of Bill Denbrough, whose death at the hands of Pennywise results in the next summer’s events.

I recommend this movie to get prepared for the sequel coming later this year. 

Rating: 5 OUT OF 5 Stars