It's a coming of age film, not a horror

Rating: 7/10 (8 September 2019)

It (2017) was a very thoughtful and sometimes painful film about children facing their fears. Though it technically is a horror film, this adaptation is less horror and much more of a coming of age story dealing with a barrage of heavy topics like loss, child abuse, murder, bullying, etc. Since the filmmakers took away a lot of the explicit moments from the book, it detracts from the shock factor and the scares in favor to make a film more suitable for it's audiences. While it might be scary for some, it wasn't scary for me. That didn't mean I didn't like it though.
B