Hannah Cowton-Barnes Tech Advisor Jul 31, 2026 4/5

IT Chapter Two doesn’t lose what makes this horror unique. Childhood fears are brought to life in the most terrifying of manners, and the dual casts do a fantastic job. However, the film is on the lengthy side.

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Lexi Amoriello Movie Recs by Lex Jul 10, 2026

With a strong cast and source material, the movie undoubtedly feels like wasted potential. Nonetheless, it’s not a complete disaster. It’s shockingly engaging despite its bloated runtime. It also makes for a rather satisfying conclusion.

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David Day Horror Movie Talk Aug 11, 2025 8/10

If you are a horror fan, this is one of the biggest titles there is, period. It’s not only big, it’s good. The scares are real, the story is compelling, and there are plenty of laughs.

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John Daniel Tangalin The Cinema Spot Jul 19, 2025 8/10

Although it lacks in character dynamics and several attempted scares, the film has almost everything else that’s important to the novel, culminating into nearly one epic conclusion.

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Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) Jul 14, 2024 2/5

Because we’re dealing with fairly experienced adults instead of naïve children, the film at times feels more like a trip through an obnoxious carnival hall than journeys of personal growth.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson San Francisco Examiner Feb 14, 2024 3/4

"It Chapter Two" is less scary; like early "Evil Dead" films and other 1980s horrors, its crazy creatures inspire surprised laughter more than terror.

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Denise Pieniazek Puesta en Escena (AR) Jan 27, 2024 6.5/10

Despite the problems of the ending, and being less successful than its predecessor, It: Chapter Two has several stimulating moments through its terror. Likewise, it must be emphasized that it maintains the essence of the literary text.

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Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) Jul 24, 2023 C

It Chapter Two fails to deliver a conclusion worthy of its epic runtime. Even with a phenomenal cast, it isn’t as funny, as scary, or even as captivating as its predecessor.

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Kate Boyle InSession Film Mar 8, 2023 B

It Chapter Two is a good conclusion to the Losers Club story. It definitely has more Stephen King flair than the first film, but gives you everything you’d want from a supernatural horror.

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Rendy Jones them. Oct 27, 2022

Amid the repetitive jump scares lies a thoroughly scary and satisfying concluding chapter to Stephen King’s classic story.

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Aug 22, 2022 2/5

Too many things weigh the movie down and keep it from resonating like the first chapter. And too much time is squandered in the wrong places.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 23, 2022 2.5/4

Despite the luxurious 170-minute runtime, Chapter Two feels hastily assembled, oddly brief and bloated at the same time, and beneath the text on which it was based.

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Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Oct 18, 2021 36/100

Episode 48: Ready or Not / It Chapter Two / Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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Maria Lattila Zavvi Aug 10, 2021 4/5

Muschietti returns to the director's chair to craft a sequel that goes bigger and bolder in every sense, while digging deep into It's mythology, and the dynamic between the adult Losers.

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Greg Wetherall NME (New Musical Express) Jun 22, 2021 4/5

At two hours and fifty minutes, It Chapter Two is unreasonably long. But it's hard to know what to take out and every section is loaded with memorable action moments.

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Alex Bentley CultureMap Feb 18, 2021

The filmmakers made the change in the story worse by indulging in every storytelling whim they wanted, whether it was warranted or not.

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Fletcher Powell KMUW - Wichita Public Radio Feb 8, 2021

Just don't expect to have anything to actually care about.

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Jesse Hassenger SportsAlcohol Feb 5, 2021 C+

As fun as it is to see the talented kids back on their bikes for certain scenes of It Chapter Two, the movie is an object lesson in the trickiness of portraying youthful friendships and then translating them into adult roles.

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Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Jan 31, 2021 2/5

In this sequel Pennywise's red balloon has finally popped.

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Jeffrey Zhang Strange Harbors Jan 29, 2021 C

Every time [It Chapter Two] has an interesting choice to make, it makes the wrong one

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