If I try really, really hard I can almost imagine "It" being an enjoyable experience in its original mini-series form. In fact, right now I'm pretending that it is the year 1990, that I'm a, let's see, an under-appreciated house wife-- no, no let's say an over-worked para-legal at a struggling law firm. It's a Thursday night (only one more day till the weekend, thank god!) and I'm too tired to wor... read more
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Is there anything scarier than clowns? Of course not. And who knows scary better than Stephen King? You see where we're going. It puts a malevolent clown (given demented life by a powdered, red-nosed Tim Curry) front and center, as King's fat novel gets the TV-movie treatment. Even at three hours plus, the action is condensed, but an
Is there anything scarier than clowns? Of course not. And who knows scary better than Stephen King? You see where we're going. It puts a malevolent clown (given demented life by a powdered, red-nosed Tim Curry) front and center, as King's fat novel gets the TV-movie treatment. Even at three hours plus, the action is condensed, but an engaging Stand by Me vibe prevails for much of the running time. The seven main characters, as adolescents, conquered a force of pure evil in their Maine hometown. Now, the cackling Pennywise is back, and they must come home to fight him--or, should we say, It--again. Admitting the TV-movie trappings and sometimes hysterical performances, this is a genuinely gripping thriller. As so often with King, the basic idea (the bond formed during a childhood trauma) is clean and powerful, a lifeline anchored in reality that leads us to the supernatural. --Robert Horton
Based on the King Of Horror's 1986 Best Seller, "It" is a jittery, jolting excursion into personal fear. "It" raises goosebumps-and brings out the stars. Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Annette O'Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Tim Curry and Richard Thomas star in this thriller about a malevolent force in a small New England town.
“If I try really, really hard I can almost imagine "It" being an enjoyable experience in its original mini-series form. In fact, right now I'm pretending that it is the year 1990, that I'm a, let's see, an under-appreciated house wife-- no, no let's say an over-worked para-legal at a struggling law firm. It's a Thursday night (only one more day till the weekend, thank god!) and I'm too tired to worry about the fact that the kitchen's still a mess, the bills need to go out, and I really should have that windshield-wiper motor looked at during my lunch-break tomorrow. Basically, I'm too tired to think about anything. Instead I fix myself a cocktail, flop down on the couch, and click on the tv. Next I imagine I silently criticize myself because there really are better ways I could be spending ” read more
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