Overall, this film catches every kid's dream of being the one to save the day from the evil (aliens, Russians, whatever... fill in the blank) and have adults genuinely pay attention to them.
It also manages to capture the essence of childhood insecurity (why do you think kids flip out when their mom's leave for 2 seconds?). All of this is so weird, because this film is so ridiculously cheesey and bad (but in a good way). I have always loved this movie, for different reasons, and at different times of my life (I first saw it on the Creature Double Feature when I was a wee lad). I think that it is a great film for kids and tolerable for all but the most dour adults. I would rather have my kid (well, if I had one) watching this, than watching most of the c**p on TV.
It also manages to capture the essence of childhood insecurity (why do you think kids flip out when their mom's leave for 2 seconds?). All of this is so weird, because this film is so ridiculously cheesey and bad (but in a good way). I have always loved this movie, for different reasons, and at different times of my life (I first saw it on the Creature Double Feature when I was a wee lad). I think that it is a great film for kids and tolerable for all but the most dour adults. I would rather have my kid (well, if I had one) watching this, than watching most of the c**p on TV.