IT CHAPTER TWO First Reactions Hail It As "The Perfect Bookend To Chapter One"; Bill Hader Steals The Show

IT CHAPTER TWO First Reactions Hail It As "The Perfect Bookend To Chapter One"; Bill Hader Steals The Show

The first reactions to It Chapter Two are here & the early buzz seems to be mostly positive, as many hail it as a fitting end to the duology while also singling out Bill Hader's show-stealing performance.

By RohanPatel - Aug 20, 2019 07:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Andy Muschietti's It Chapter Two opens in theaters in just over two weeks, and it looks like Warner Bros. has officially lifted the social media embargo for the highly-ancipated follow-up to the 2017 horror blockbuster. Early word seems to be pretty positive, too, as many hail it as the perfect bookend to Chapter One.

While some reactions are decidedly more mixed than others, most seem to be in agreement that Bill Hader (Barry) steals the show with his performance as an adult Richie Tozier. Jay Ryan, who plays an adult Ben Hanscom, also gets singled out by some press members. 

The film also stars Golden Globe-nominee James McAvoy, 2x Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain, Isaiah Mustafa, James Ransone and Andy Bean as the adult versions of the Losers' Club while Jaeden Martell, Sophia Lillis, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer and Wyatt Oleff reprise their roles from the previous film as the young Losers. 

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Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with “It Chapter Two.”

The film is Muschietti’s follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed and massive worldwide box office hit “IT,” which grossed over $700 million globally. Both redefining and transcending the genre, “IT” became part of the cultural zeitgeist as well as the highest-grossing horror film of all time.

Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.


It: Chapter Two features:
Director: Andy Muschietti
Bill Skarsgård as It/Pennywise the Dancing Clown
James McAvoy as Bill Denbrough
Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh
Jay Ryan as Ben Hanscom
Bill Hader as Richie Tozier
Isaiah Mustafa as Mike Hanlon
James Ransone as Eddie Kaspbrak
Andy Bean as Stan Uris
Jaeden Martell as Young Bill Denbrough
Sophia Lillis as Young Beverly Marsh
Jeremy Ray Taylor as Young Ben Hanscom
Finn Wolfhard as Young Richie Tozier
Chosen Jacobs as Young Mike Hanlon
Jack Dylan Grazer as Young Eddie Kaspbrak
Wyatt Oleff as Young Stan Uris
Jackson Robert Scott as Georgie Denbrough
Joan Gregson as Mrs. Kersh
Teach Grant as Henry Bowers
Jess Weixler as Audra Phillips
Will Beinbrink as Tom Rogan
Xavier Dolan as Adrian Mellon
Taylor Frey as Don Hagarty
Jake Weary as John "Webby" Garton
Erik Junnola as Steve Dubay
Connor Smith as Christopher Unwin
Javier Botet in an undisclosed role


It: Chapter Two hits theaters September 6
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Kurne
Kurne - 8/20/2019, 7:53 PM
Cool that Bill Hader has the spotlight. I think I'm in the minority of hating Finn Wolfhard as Richie in the first one.

He was just a tryhard. Not a lovable one.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 8/20/2019, 8:17 PM
Looks like WB has another runaway Horror Hit. WB unleashing Clown Carnage this Fal.

🤡 🃏 🤡 🃏 🤡
ThorArms
ThorArms - 8/20/2019, 8:23 PM
Definitely seems mixed...I think the critics will eat this one alive. I'll say 58-62%
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/20/2019, 10:32 PM
No shit Bill Hader stole the show. He already gave the best performance on TV all year
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 8/20/2019, 11:48 PM
The trailers alone seem to suggest that Bill Hader is acting the sh*t out of this role, and I couldn't be happier that he's in a serious upswing of success.

(And though I just posted this on a previous board, I will gladly and shamefully double down, cause this is just too funny.)

inkniron
inkniron - 8/21/2019, 12:51 AM
Good to hear about Hader. He has turned in to quite the actor. Now Reeves needs to loosen up on his reported casting call for The Batman and make him the Riddler ASAP
thewanderer
thewanderer - 8/21/2019, 5:07 AM
I hope the flashbacks delve more into the trauma for the kids. I never read the book, and only ever saw part of the miniseries, but what I remember about the miniseries is that the adults were traumatized from their experience with Pennywise as kids.

However, in It Chappter 1 I didn't feel any of that trauma outside of Bill missing Georgie. Beverly had some issues, but with her dad, not Pennywise. As far as Pennywise goes, most of the kids seemed fine at the end of the movie. So I'd like to see some flashbacks of them being haunted by the memory of their experiences.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 8/21/2019, 8:10 AM
good or bad reviews , i have to see this film
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