FINALLY a great Stephen King Adaptation

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2017)

Was I skeptical upon entering that cinema? Absolutely.
Stephen King is a notoriously difficult author to adapt to screens big and small, and after seeing the recent remake of "Carrie" I had my share of doubts about whether these filmmakers could pull this of.
My fears disappeared fairly quickly.
"It" is a fantastic movie, a well-scripted, well-directed and well- acted piece of high-quality entertainment. Let's talk about those actors: each and every one of those child actors did an AMAZING job. I sympathized with, cared for and cheered for all of them. A spectacular job across the board. I predict that all these fine young actors (but maybe Sophia Lillis in particular) have great futures in store for them.
The young adult aspects of the film are so compelling that I almost didn't care about the horror aspect. Essentially, even if the film had messed up Pennywise, I still feel like it would have been a great time. But Bill Skarsgård and the crew did a great job with the dancing clown as well, making him and his surroundings fittingly creepy. I was never once terrified, but consider that a good thing. The film utilizes jump scares, true, but it never becomes overly reliant on them.
I have very few complaints about this movie. It was both entertaining and emotionally satisfying with a great cast, great atmosphere and surprisingly great humor. Check it out!