Unsettling yet funny and heartfelt masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (11 September 2017)

In the days since viewing IT 2017, many thoughts have overcome me and that being that this is one film that you cannot help but love. You must also understand it is a complete deviation from the original 1990 miniseries up to Tim Currys performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Bill Skarsgard is no comparison to Currys work yet puts on a mystic and unsettling presence that personifies his role to full nightmare fuel. A particular scene comes to mind when in the Neibolt House Pennywise emerges from the refrigerator in a spectacle of awe and terror. The film itself however is only scary at times but it's not about Pennywise it's about the Losers Club, brilliantly portrayed by Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, among others. What I got from this film was a throwback to classic films such as The Goonies, Stand by Me, and I believe it lives up to those films even. There is never a dull moment among the Losers Gang and Finn Wolfhards character "Richie" was a standout player spewing wisecracking remarks even in the face of danger. IT Chapter Two cannot come soon enough.