It (2017)

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 7.5

Overview

In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one. In a place known as 'The Barrens', a group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange encounters with an evil clown and their determination ...

Starring Cast

Bill Skarsgård • Jaeden Martell • Finn Wolfhard

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Negative

Overview

Starring Cast

Bill Skarsgård • Jaeden Martell • Finn Wolfhard

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's central conflict revolves around universal themes of childhood trauma, fear, and friendship, with its solution emphasizing personal courage and collective solidarity against a supernatural evil, rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or systemic critiques.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The movie features visible diversity within its main cast, notably with a Black character whose race is faithful to the source material, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on individual character development and horror themes rather than explicit critiques or central DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NegativeConfidence: High

The film opens with Adrian Mellon, a gay man, suffering a homophobic attack before being brutally murdered by Pennywise. While the film condemns the bullies, LGBTQ+ identity is solely linked to extreme violence, prejudice, and a tragic death. This portrayal serves primarily to establish Derry's pervasive evil, offering no positive counter-narrative or affirmation.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film "It" (2017) is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel. All major characters, including the members of the Losers' Club and the entity Pennywise, maintain their established genders from the source material. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel "It" portrays its main characters, including Mike Hanlon, with the same racial identities established in the original source material. No character canonically or widely established as one race was depicted as a different race.