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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 6, 1986 |
Starring:
Barry Primus, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Mitchell Anderson, Tate Donovan, Terry O'Quinn, Tom Skerritt
Summary:
The youthful attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is inadvertently launched into orbit.
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SpaceCamp is perfectly harmless and perfectly dull, but it comes at a time when NASA could use an esteem booster. For all those who get just a touch queasy at the Top Gun lesson, in which shooting down planes in peacetime is presented as role-model behavior, SpaceCamp offers a nonviolent corrective. [6 June 1986, p.D6]
Their adventures are not special, nor are their personalities. If young
people want to experience a genuinely exciting airborne adventure in a movie
theater right now, "Top Gun" is the picture to see--not SpaceCamp. [6 June 1986, p.AC]
A kind of landmark of exquisite bad timing. And that's the most intriguing thing about it. [6 June 1986, p.D3]
Plagued by cliched characters, ridiculous situations, and a bombastic John williams score, SPACECAMP is just not a very good movie. All the stock shuttle footage or good looking special effects proffered can't disguise its tired treatment of well-worn ideas. SPACECAMP is just a conglomeration of overworked notions, coupled with a wholly unmemorable ensemble.
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