Honestly not that bad...
It seems everybody hates this movie, but it still holds up pretty well.
Ok, there are some silly things like the cross eyed military guy who's overacting and the black guy killing himself because a dead alien is holding his foot. Winona Ryder's character was a bit cringy too.
There were good things in this. After 3 movies we finally got to see the "company" getting their hands on the alien to study it. The scene where the Alien sacrifice one of their own to escape the holding cell was pretty cool. The cast was a lot more likeable than the bland bald guys from Alien 3. The music was great and the main theme is something I have always associated with Alien in my brain even though it's only heard in this film. The movie looked great too.
I liked the design of the "Newborn" and how it turned on the Alien Queen in favor of Ripley. I wish they had taken it further by making it it fight regular Aliens to protect the human characters, maybe even sacrifice itself to save Ripley at the end. Then, Ripley crying would have made even more sense.