The latest from Jason Eisener offers exactly what the title promises—and a lot of fun to go with it.

| May 17, 2023

An ugly eyesore of a film with unlikable kids vs. boring aliens that is more likely to cause seizures in susceptible viewers rather than any kind of throwback fun.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 16, 2023

It's somewhat promising at first, but the dialogue is so reliant on coarse language that it stops being novel by the 50th use of "effing" in the first 15 minutes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 25, 2023

This is the sort of “kids on bikes” movie that focuses less on how to cash in on certain kinds of nostalgia and more on delighting in ways to stretch a limited budget into something that looks pretty cool.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 25, 2023

One can only guess it was too much to ask Eisener and Davies just to shut up and let the central joke of the premise lead the day.

| Jan 25, 2023

In keeping with our current "poptimistic" age, Kids Vs. Aliens keeps the aggressive neon splatter, but loses the cynicism—a choice that, for all the F-bombs and fake blood, makes it a surprisingly pure film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 25, 2023

At 75 minutes, KvA is compact, even if it takes a while to warm up...

| Jan 23, 2023

A truly raucous, fun, and creepy horror flick...

| Jan 21, 2023

Simple yet fun mix of exploitation flicks and Amblin throwback content.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 21, 2023

The movie’s too-brief runtime, punctuated by overtly hasty pacing, leaves the story undeveloped and characterizations raw to the point that viewers might simply feel as if they were abruptly thrown into the final act of another movie

| Jan 20, 2023

There is a real love for sci-fi & fantasy that is never obnoxious or overbearing. The film is inviting, allowing kids to resonate with the leads.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 20, 2023

There is an endearingly scruffy vibe here, goosed by some cool-looking costumes and effects. And there’s a legitimate underdog edge, as Eisener and Davies capture how it feels to be underestimated and overmatched but full of can-do pluck.

| Jan 20, 2023

KIDS VS. ALIENS provides a rollicking good time with tweens swearing up a storm as bodies fall left and right. And while I assumed it would embrace that sense of fun absurdity, I didn't anticipate how impressive the stakes might prove.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 20, 2023

[Much] like with “Slumber Party Alien Abduction,” there is a nifty idea sitting at the center of Kids vs. Aliens. Too bad Eisner and his talented team don’t end up doing anything equally nifty with it.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 20, 2023

Kids vs. Aliens brings gloopy, grotesque practical effects to a childlike sci-fi thriller that fails to shine outside kill sequences and costumes.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 19, 2023

Kids vs. Aliens is a harmless trifle. A filmmaker with this many years under their belt should have more to show for themselves than that.

| Original Score: 3.5/10 | Jan 19, 2023

All the important bits are right there in the name: Kids vs. Aliens. There are kids, there are aliens, and they fight.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 19, 2023

Kids vs. Aliens love for gore and campy things that bump in the night is not for every taste. However, fans of low-budgeted horror movies that find creative ways to make the audience laugh and cringe at the same time will be well-served by Eisener’s movie

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 19, 2023

[T]here's little to engage with or surprise in this thin and intentionally cheap genre exercise.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 19, 2023

Kids vs. Aliens lacks critical exposition. The storyline needed a bridge. We learn nothing about mindless aliens. There's a gaping "why" missing. The premise runs of out steam in a lean film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 18, 2023