Space Camp
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Movie Reviews of Space Camp
Movie Review: Finally a DVD version that works!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Movie!! Up there with the Goonies!! And this DVD Disc Works!! Thanks MGM!Movie Review: In the 80's this is how we "Danced with the Stars"..
Summary: 4 Stars
"This one time at space camp...." Ahahaha...ahem...oh well. Down to business. Participants in NASA's real life Space Camp can undergo a limited version of real astronaut training. Well for a few of them the training gets a little too real. Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, and some teen age punks are accidently blasted into space, along with astronaut Kate Capshaw. You'd think being stuck in space with those three ladies would be a fantastic weekend, even with Joaquin Phoenix along as a whiny brat. Well it is, until the oxygen starts to run out. Whu-Oh! Luckily Tom Skerrit is on the ground to help out.
This is a fun little movie meant simply as family entertainment. Of course it has technical inaccuracies, it's a movie about kids being launched into space. I just don't understand people who rag on it because some aspects aren't technically correct. This isn't a NASA training film, it's just an exciting little movie that a family can watch together. It also stars Larry B. Scott, who played Lamar in Revenge of the Nerds, and Terry O'Quinn, who played Locke in Lost.
Movie Review: "Whip me, beat me, take away my charge cards... NASA is talking!"
Summary: 4 Stars
I've always had a soft spot for this 80's family movie. It's perhaps even more enjoyable today, simply to see the younger Kelly Preston, Joaquin Phoenix and Lea Thompson playing hapless spacecamp kids trying to find their way home after a routine excursion accidentally catapults them into orbit!
In SPACECAMP, Kate Capshaw stars as Andie, still nursing a bruised ego in her failure to land a spot in the space programme, and less than thrilled about spending her summer "babysitting" at SpaceCamp. When Andie and her motley gang of students (Tate Donovan, Kelly Preston, Joaquin 'Leaf' Phoenix, Lea Thompson and Larry B. Scott) are forced to actually launch the spaceship in which they are touring because of an overheat malfunction, they band together in their quest to return home.
It's a really fun movie. Wish there was some kind of reunion audio commentary included (like on "The Goonies" DVD), but I doubt this film has enjoyed the same kind of combined popular and cult following.
Movie Review: Dated but still worth a look
Summary: 4 Stars
Space Camp is about a group of youngsters attending the summer school of the title. During their time there they learn about becoming astronauts, NASA, the space programme etc. There are the usual teenage conflicts between some members of the group and authority.
When they get the chance to actually sit in a Shuttle whilst tests are made they think that is the ultimate adventure. Unfortunately a robot called JINX who has befriended Max (a very young Joaquin Phoenix), decided to help Max get into space for real and ensures the Shuttle is actually launched. This is where the group realise what adventure really is!
Formulaic movie with no real surprises but still quite a good film to watch, particularly for the youngsters. There are no extras (not even subtitles for the deaf) but it's a low enough price to forgive that.
Movie Review: Kate Capshaw's performance is striking.
Summary: 4 Stars
I haven't seen this movie, Space Camp since I was a kid and yes it is a little corny, unpredictable, and silly but it is still enjoyable and heartfelt thrill ride. Look for a young Joaquin Phoenix aka Leaf. Capshaw is terrific as Andie who and her husband are assigned to space camp during the summer. Pretty much a guilty pleasure sort of film. Enjoy!