It: Chapter Two (2019)

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.3

Overview

Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But ...

Starring Cast

Jessica Chastain • James McAvoy • Bill Hader

Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

LGBTQ: Positive

Overview

Starring Cast

Jessica Chastain • James McAvoy • Bill Hader

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

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Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's central conflict and its resolution are rooted in universal themes of friendship, trauma, and courage against a supernatural evil, rather than any specific political ideology.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The film includes visible diversity within its main cast, consistent with the source material, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on the characters' struggle against a supernatural entity and personal trauma, rather than offering a critical portrayal of traditional identities or making explicit DEI themes central to the plot.

Secondary

LGBTQ: PositiveConfidence: High

The film presents a complex portrayal, opening with a brutal homophobic hate crime that is unequivocally condemned. This is balanced by Richie Tozier's central, empathetic character arc exploring his repressed homosexuality and unrequited love, which is depicted with dignity and affirms the worth of his queer identity, leading to a net positive impact.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

All major characters in "It: Chapter Two" maintain the same gender as established in Stephen King's source novel and the previous film adaptation. There are no instances of characters canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film adapts characters from Stephen King's novel "It." All members of the Losers' Club, including Mike Hanlon who is canonically Black, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depictions in the source material and prior adaptations. No race swaps are present.