Success

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2018)

This movie succeeds in scaring you without spamming jump scares. It builds a presence, suspense and thrills. The simple sight of the clown scares you, you want him to go away, you want the scene to be over so we can go back to the "day time" when everything is normal.
That's pretty much what I ask from a horror movie: scare me without jump scares.
They did an amazing job on "it", although I haven't read the book so I can't judge him compared to the book. But that's the scariest clown I've ever seen. Very good balance between practical and CGI.
Although probably not as deep as the book (which again I haven't read), the movie manages to be a horror movie and finds some time to tell you some side stories. The most disturbing one being of course the redhead and her father. Well, the bully stabbing his father is pretty disturbing too but oh well. Because of this, the characters are build enough to not be "scary movie casualties". You know them a little.
Anyway, it's a horror movie so don't expect the movie of the year but probably the horror movie of the year 2017. I was slightly disappointed by the ending, a bit easy to me (yes I know about the gangbang thing in the book since my girlfriend read it and told me about it but no that's not what I was asking for) but it works.