It mashes solid coming-of-age with mediocre horror. The characters are overabundant, restricting development to single traits rather than genuine depth. Its emotional scenes have tropes, melodrama, and contrivances, but work in abuse, fear, and alienation themes. The acting offers potent sincerity, chemistry, range, intensity, physicality, and vulnerability. Meanwhile, its scare sequences are shallow, repetitive, derivative, and forced. These scenes often feel inconsistent, overexposing, and distracting. Plus, while the ending provides some moderately earned arcs, the story is a bit incomplete due to sequel bait. Consequently, It is a good movie compromised by formulaic blemishes.
It has conflicting tone and style shifts. The editing adds inserts, erratic pacing, cross cuts, montages, redundancies, clunky momentum, and a bloated climax. Its music is trans-diegetic, era-relevant, excessive, and generic. The imagery uses motion, lighting, framing, angles, oners, depth, POVs, and cliche drabness. Its sound utilizes risers, diegetics, muffling, symbolism, split cuts, distortions, and cheap stings. The production design offers color, time period, and a well-executed monster. Its cast combines talented up-and-comers with a skilled villain. The effects supply prosthetics, gore, stunts, fire, makeup, wire, and mostly good CGI. Overall, It is divided but mainly positive.
Writing: 5/10
Direction: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Acting: 8/10
Editing: 6/10
Sound: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 6/10
Production Design: 8/10
Casting: 8/10
Effects: 8/10
Overall Score: 6.9/10
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