This didn't need to exist

Rating: 3/10 (6 September 2019)

"Omg the cast is just so perfect" isn't grounds to call this a good movie. The casting is indeed spot on and most of the actors (adults and kids alike) are great, but not even the best actors in the world can save an uncompelling story such as this one.
Most of the 2hr 50min runtime is the EXACT same movie as the first chapter, except this time the jump scares come even cheaper. It gets old very quickly. Trim it about...hmm...an hour and a half and then we may have something.
The most frustrating thing about It: Chapter Two is the way it so carelessly handles both the origins of Pennywise (including the way to actually defeating him) and the deeper themes and challenges of these characters. There was so much potential for emotional depth in this story, instead that was traded for the same sort of anthology type structure of the first film that, as stated before, overly relied on cheap scares. Ironically, this movie isn't scary at all because of that.
Despite the length, this chapter added next to nothing to the original story. Go for performances and funny character moments. But other than that, I can't really say that this will be worth the amount of time it demands from you.