Review of It (2017) by Natalie O — 06 Jan 2018

Very faithful to the book and the kids were generally pretty good. Pennywise wasn't scary at all though.

This review of It (2017) was written by Natalie O on 06 Jan 2018.

It has generally received very positive reviews.

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