Too vanilla, too banal and too earnest to do the source material any justice.
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10/29/03
It (1990)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: A small town group of youngsters are terrorized by a malignant force that kills. Some thirty years later, they learn of another string of child murders back in their home town, and this time team... [More]
Starring: Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Annette O'Toole, Tim Reid
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Reviews for It
1 - 11 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
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07/25/02
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07/14/05
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10/30/04
As made-for-TV horror, it lacks real bite, but still has a fine unsettling atmosphere. And let's face it: clowns are REALLY scary.
10/03/02
Effective TV adaptation of King's novel
07/11/03
No review available.
02/17/05
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09/10/02
No review available.
08/01/03
The first half is terrifying -- or was when I was younger. The second half has a bad special effect spider.
11/11/05
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March 13, 2009:
Stephen King's It Heads to Theaters 
Warner Bros. is developing a big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It," and has hired Dan Kajganich ("The Invasion") to write the script. More...
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