Both movies in the IT saga are so much about the power of belief, the type of belief strong enough to kill monsters and change a person for good, and here is a man so hurt on a human level he won't believe what's right in front of him. That, simply put, is the one story at the center of IT Chapter Two strong enough to make the whole thing work. It's simple, but Hader fills the moment with such a stubborn, aching realness. The beat comes moments after Eddie dies-after he delivers one last dig about fucking his friend's mom, of course-when Richie simply refuses to believe his friend is dead. It all culminates in what is, to me, the linchpin moment of their emotional arcs. This isn't to say the rest of the Adult Losers don't put in mighty performances-the casting on this movie is so insane I'm still marveling at the way Jay Ryan and Jeremy Ray Taylor somehow look nothing alike but also exactly alike-but Hader and Ransone provide flourishes that sell fear in an extremely human way, that type of feel-it-in-your bones, real-life fear that drives the The way Ransone turns a knife through the cheek courtesy of Henry Bowers ( Teach Grant) into something darkly slap-sticky, like a one-scene guest-directing spot by Sam Raimi. The slack-jawed look of sheer disbelief Hader locks on his face as Pennywise descends from atop a Paul Bunyan statue in a cloud of red balloons. He a is known for his roles as Eddie Kaspbrak in the horror film It (2017) and its 2019 sequel, Freddy Freeman in the DC Extended Universe film Shazam (2019) and its 2023 sequel, and voicing. We knew going in that these two would provide their fair share of whiz-bang banter and comic relief-it's an SNL alum and freaking Ziggy from The Wire, come on-but it's incredible the way both these actors navigate the subtler touches, not only between each other but in solo scenes. Brian Grazer (uncle) Jack Dylan Grazer (born September 3, 2003) 1 2 3 is an American actor. After Eddie's tragic death in It's lair, we do see Richie carving his initials into that bridge next to his fallen friend's, but we're left wondering-unlike the rest of the Losers, whose futures are pretty clear-if that blissful moment of truth carries on into Richie's post-Derry life.īut if the film doesn't commit, Hader and Ransone do, and it's a miracle to watch. But IT Chapter Two can't quite commit to the concept. In that light, Richie finally accepting his sexually should come hand-in-hand with Pennywise's defeat, a figurative and literal triumph over his deepest-rooted fear. A sequel to 2017's sees the Losers' Club all grown up but still working through the trauma of their childhood encounter with Pennywise the demon clown, as they are forced to return to their hometown to try and stop his reign of terror for good. It's a wonderful idea in theory it acts as a full-circle companion to the film's horrific opening, in which a gay man named Adrian Mellon ( Xavier Dolan) is tossed off a bridge by a band of smalltown bigots and quickly dispatched by a waiting Pennywise, proof that the primordial clown-spirit's evil runs deep through the veins of Derry and its people. This, of course, includes the film's biggest deviation from King's source novel, the reveal that Richie is a gay man who has lived his life in the closet, harboring feelings for his childhood friend Eddie.
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