2017 · horror
It
Directed by Andy Muschietti2h 15m2017
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Our read: It (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
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How It feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want to be gripped by kids battling a shape-shifting nightmare clown.”
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