It (2017) Review

It


Release Date: 7th September 2017 - Australia


Production Companies
New Line Cinema (presents)
RatPac-Dune Entertainment (in association with)
Vertigo Entertainment
Lin Pictures
KatzSmith Productions

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Horror

Rating: MA15+ (Not Suitable for Young Children)

Runtime: 135 minutes


Budget: $35,000,000

Box Office Gross: $701,842,551 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Every 27 years, an ancient evil shapeshifter emerges from the sewers and preys on a small place in Maine called Derry, where the children go missing. A group of friends must face their fears to rid the town of this vicious clown known as Pennywise.


Cast
Bill Skarsgård - Pennywise
Jaeden Martell - Bill Denbrough
Sophia Lillis - Beverly Marsh
Finn Wolfhard - Richie Tozier

Jeremy Ray Taylor - Ben Hanscom
Chosen Jacobs - Mike Hanlon
Jack Dylan Grazer - Eddie Kaspbrak
Wyatt Oleff - Stanley Uris
Nicholas Hamilton - Henry Bowers
Jake Sim - Belch Huggins
Logan Thompson - Victor Criss
Owen Teague - Patrick

Hockstetter
Jackson Robert Scott -

Georgie Denbrough
Stephen Bogaert - Mr. Marsh
Stuart Hughes - Officer Bowers
Geoffrey Pounsett - Zack Denbrough
Pip Dwyer - Sharon Denbrough
Molly Atkinson - Sonia Kaspbrak
Steven Williams - Leroy Hanlon
Elizabeth Saunders - Mrs.

Starret
Megan Charpentier - Gretta
Joe Bostick - Mr. Keene
Ari Cohen - Rabbi Uris
Tatum Lee - Judith

Javier Botet - Hobo

Carter Musselman - Headless

Boy

Roberto Campanella - Organ Player Clown (Cameo)

Crew
Director - Andy Muschietti
Based on the Novel "It" - Stephen King
Screenplay - Chase Palmer, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman
Executive Producers - Richard Brener, Doug Davison,

Toby Emmerich, Walter Hamada,

Niija Kuykendall, Dave Neustadter

and Jon Silk
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Marty P. Ewing
Producers - Seth Grahame-Smith,
David Katzenberg, Roy Lee, Dan Lin
and Barbara Muschietti

Choreographer - Roberto Campanella
Production Designer - Claude Pare

Concept Artists - Aaron Sims and

Scott Patton

Art Director - Peter Grundy

Set Decorator - Rosalie Board

Property Master - Christopher Geggie
Costume Designers - Janie Bryant

and Colleen Moore Cook Turner

Special Effects Makeup - Alec Gillis and

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Makeup Effects Designer & Shop Supervisor:

Pennywise and Additional Character

Makeup Effects - Sean Sansom

Makeup Heads of Department -

Sarah Craig McEtheron and Linda Dowds

Hair Head of Department - Stephanie Ingram
Director of Photography - Chung-hoon Chung

First Assistant Director - Richard Cowan

First Assistant Directors: Second Unit -

Simon Board, Travis McConnell and

Bob Warwick

Second Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Adam Bocknek

Third Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Andrew Pritchard

Second Unit Director - William Waring
Pennywise Contortion/Motion Capture -

Ess Hödlmoser (Uncredited)
Stunt Coordinators - Jamie & Kelly Jones
Special Effects Supervisor - Warren Appleby

Special Effects Coordinator - Shuba Dasgupta
Visual Effects Supervisor - Nicholas Brooks

Editor - Jason Ballantine

Supervising Sound Editor - Victor Ray Ennis

Sound Designer - Paul Hackner

Sound Effects Editors - Jamie Hardt,

Kius Fenske and Ken J. Johnson

Sound Mixers - Glen Gauthier

and Sylvain Arsneault

Re-Recording Mixers - Chris Jenkins

and Michael Keller
Music - Benjamin Wallfisch

Music Supervisor - Dana Sano


Review

I have heard of the classic 1990 miniseries adaptation of IT but have never seen it. Nor did I read the book by Stephen King, upon which the 2017 cinematic interpretation based itself in its namesake. I planned to see IT and felt it was time to watch more horror movies. The movie is unsettling, creepy and brutal as it follows its namesake. Audiences have dared to see it for its chilling atmosphere. The movie aims to startle moviegoers. It has a coming-of-age plot with a nostalgic vibe that is darker and reminiscent of Stand by Me (another film based on a Stephen King novel). The director, Andy Muschietti, has managed to bring Stephen King's work into its proper cinematic vision with its terrific cinematography.

The performances are first-rate, such as the young actors cast as the outcast characters who must overcome their fears. Bill Skarsgård is freakishly sinister as the evil clown Pennywise, and not even Tim Curry could perform like that. Skarsgård remains a worthy successor to the original actor, and I am grateful to have seen his performance. The soundtrack by Benjamin Wallfisch is creepy and awesome.

Though terror-inducing to the audiences, IT has been considered a great film. Its author, Stephen King, would be proud of the latest adaptation. I cannot wait to see the next chapter as a continuation. I recommend this feature to anyone who may be a Stephen King fan or likes to be terrified.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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