6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
It (1990)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Judaism: Positive
Overview
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes of confronting a supernatural evil, the power of friendship, and overcoming childhood trauma are universal and presented without explicit political framing, focusing instead on psychological horror and coming-of-age.
The movie features visible diversity with a Black main character, consistent with its source material, but does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities without centralizing DEI critiques.
Secondary
The film features Adrian Mellon, a gay man, who is brutally attacked by a homophobic gang and murdered by Pennywise. While the narrative condemns the violence, Mellon's identity is solely linked to his tragic and degrading death. As the only explicit LGBTQ+ representation, the net impact is negative, portraying queer identity primarily through victimhood and extreme prejudice.
The film portrays Stanley Uris, a Jewish character, whose bar mitzvah is a significant event. Pennywise exploits Stanley's fears related to this religious coming-of-age, manifesting as a terrifying creature within his synagogue. The narrative frames this as a horrific violation and an attack on Stanley, positioning the audience to sympathize with his terror rather than condemning his faith.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's novel "It" maintains the established genders of all primary characters, including the members of the Losers' Club and Pennywise the Dancing Clown, as depicted in the source material.
The 1990 miniseries "It" faithfully adapts the racial identities of its core characters from Stephen King's novel. Mike Hanlon, for example, was canonically Black in the source material and is portrayed as such in the series, thus not constituting a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.9
Critic Ratings
6.7
N/A
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