James McAvoy and Bill Hader lead a terrific cast in Stephen King's ‘It Chapter Two." But they can’t recapture the magic of the first film.

Twenty-seven years later, Pennywise is back — and just as bad.

Now that he’s terrorizing the grown-up adults of the Losers’ Club, the twisted clown Pennywise seems a little less frightening.

Pulling off “It Chapter Two” is an almost impossibly tall order. Following up “It,” the first installment in the evil clown saga, director Andy Musch...

‘It Chapter Two’ review: The Stephen King sequel overstays its welcome, although James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader add star power to the story.

Andy Muschietti captures what matters most in Stephen King's novel.

Like the homicidal…

Sequel picks up 27 years after the original, and sometimes feels just as long

The grown-up Losers Club return to Derry, Maine 17 years later to battle Pennywise once again in Stephen King's epic horror. Read the Empire review.

A mix of the intimate and cosmic that shoots for the stars. You’ll float… and sometimes bump back to earth.

Andy Muschietti turns to the adult incarnations of Stephen King's heroes in 'It: Chapter Two,' the conclusion to his big-screen adaptation.

Andy Muschietti's sequel boasts another flawless cast, but a meandering script and tired scares keep it from rising to the top.

Your fear that the movie will never end is the most palpable fear offered by Chapter Two, which substitutes spectacle for the creeping, escalating dread the ...

"It Chapter Two," starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader, is the bruising conclusion to the 2017 hit based on Stephen King's best seller.

The starry second part of the Stephen King adaptation coasts on connections from the first film

Despite a stellar cast, the back half of Andy Muschietti's adaptation of King's novel gets bogged down by lugubrious pacing and exhausts the audience.

Is Stephen King still down to clown?

Part of the issue is the plotting, which borrows faithfully from Stephen King’s source material but feels structured more like a multiplayer video game.

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What’s that old saying about too much of a (mediocre) thing? That’s the second half of Stephen King’s “It” saga, an everything horrific but the kit...

'It: Chapter 2' brings back Stephen King’s terrifying killer clown — but a near three-hour run time dulls the effect. Peter Travers' review.

Sequel to the Stephen King-based smash offers an emotionally satisfying, if sometimes illogical, closing chapter

The first ‘It‘ became a surprise blockbuster in 2017. Does the conclusion live up to the original?

The now-grown-up members of the Losers Gang reunite to take on evil clown Pennywise once again

The film argues we’re stronger and better when we’re home, building communities that can oppress the oppressors.

The follow-up to 2017’s adaptation of Stephen King’s demented opus plays like a superhero movie—for better or for worse.

If It Chapter One was terrifyingly effective, Chapter Two is only terrifying in its interminable existence

But it’s still better than so many King-derived films.

Pennywise's impersonation of Beverly's abusive father generates more scares than all the CG insects money can buy

Why 'It Chapter Two' doesn't have the same power to scare.

’IT Chapter Two’ is a triumph of junk food cinema, where passion and competent staging trump narrative coherence.

‘It Chapter Two’ is quite disturbing but loses some of the magic when the focus is on the killer alien clown instead of the Losers.

The kids of the original hit Stephen King adaptation are all grown up but having to deal with evil Pennywise again in more mature 'It: Chapter Two.'

Despite a starry cast led by Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, and James McAvoy, the sequel to 2017’s Stephen King blockbuster is graceless and overly long.

The clown's back, and the kids have grown up in part two of Stephen King's saga, which translates to an overlong, but suitably scary sequel.

It Chapter Two is faithful to Stephen King — in all the messiest ways.

Andy Muschietti’s second movie lacks the horror and gravitas of its predecessor.

It Chapter 2 downgrades Pennywise's presence amidst the adult Losers' coming together, but is still a funhouse-freaky sequel that makes quite the statement i...