I actually found this film quite enjoyable and could see the social adaptation intended. It was well acted, though the parents were annoying; but let's face it, parent are annoying especially when they are being irrational and authoritarian without empathy. There has been some commentary in other posts about script and dialogue, where fascism is mentioned when phones are taken away but that comment in the movie came from a teen. If reviewers remember what it was like being a teen and parents were being restrictive, fascism is exactly what it felt like. Overall the movie tried to show both sides of the teen- parent dynamic, worrying and not understanding what youth "are into" and the imagined threat because of that lack of relating /understanding. The "creature" did look ridiculous, but that seemed to be intentional and a reflection of what was being conveyed in the movie. It really didn't deserve the low scores.
