Mekado Murphy, New York Times:
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien films made the transition from survivor to full-blown sci-fi action hero. She paved the way for other leading women in space, from Jodie Foster in Contact to Sandra Bullock in Gravity.
David Ehrlich, IndieWire:
Ridley Scott‘s 1979 original, Alien… made Sigourney Weaver an iconic final girl and became the flawless masterpiece all sci-fi horror attempts will inevitably be compared to. Then came James Cameron’s 1986 Aliens, which made Weaver an iconic action hero.