This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Perhaps it's the STRANGER THINGS effect, but I found IT to be somewhat tired and formulaic in its approach. The scares were all telegraphed perfectly - almost too perfectly. I did think for condensing a 1000 page novel, the filmmakers were wise to stick with the story of the children and leaving the adults returning for the inevitable sequel (made even more so by the weekend box office receipts) and the children were great. But then there are things like…
