Are you ready to float again?

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2019)

IT Chapter 2 is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King and a sequel to the movie IT(2017). The film is directed by Andy Muschietti and stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, and Andy Bean as grown-up members of the Losers Club. Bill Skarsgård also returns as Pennywise.
The film takes place 27 years after the actions of the first part in the year 2016 when "IT" comes again to haunt the children of the town "Derry". All the members of Losers club are adult now and have left Derry except Mike. When Mike finds the traces of return of Pennywise, he calls all the members of Losers Club for a reunion and recalls them the promise they made to each other at the end of the first film. Will they defeat Pennywise again or it's his turn this time?
The film reveals the unknown secrets of the Losers. Around half of the film deals with revealing these secrets via flashbacks. Although it was fun to watch our beloved young characters from the previous film again. Pennywise is more horrifying and dangerous this time.
The main drawback of the movie is its length. The movie is approximately 3 hours long and we feel it while watching. The movie could have been 20 minutes shorter. The movie switches between emotions and comedy several times and hence we don't get connected to the main protagonists of the film. It's their childhood only which makes us care about them.
If we talk about acting, Bill Hader as Richie and James Ransone as Eddie were outstanding. Hader makes you laugh almost with every dialogue. I personally wanted more from Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy may because of their previous performances. Bill Skarsgård once again is fantastic and revives the character of Pennywise with his Deadly Smile.
There are too many jump scares and some of them really do work but at the same time, there are some silly scenes too which makes you laugh. I enjoyed the way Muschietti presented the movie. He differentiates between the true horror and imagination of fear.
If you loved Chapter One, you can definitely watch this Chapter too but just don't go with too many expectations and you will enjoy it.