I didn’t like It very much, but I don’t hate this move! I can pretty confidently say I’ve never seen Mustafa in anything outside of Old Spice commercials, but I’m all for giving memorable small time actors/actresses a chance in ensemble casts. He rounds out a pretty weird, but intriguing cast for the grown up losers club.

James McAvoy as Bill Denbrough , Jay Ryan as Ben Hanscom, Bill Hader as Richie Tozier, Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh, Isiah Mustafa as Mike Hanlon, Andy Bean as Stanley Uris and James Ranscone as Eddie Kaspbrak.

I don’t know a ton of Jay Ryan, Andy Bean, or James Ranscone’s work either. Ranscone was Ziggy in The Wire which was a pretty funny and eclectic role which probably applies well to this sort of movie. Bean is in a show Power which I haven’t seen, and also played an unnamed Lawyer in Transformers: The Last Knight which is promising. Ryan is a soap opera actor from New Zealand who I know fuck all about. The cast is top heavy as all hell though, with McAvoy, Hader, and Chastain all more than able to carry a movie by themselves. Also shoutout to Hader for Barry, which rules out loud. An even bigger shoutout to NoHo Hank also.

I just wonder what cringey and unoriginal meme is going to come out of this movie.

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