In the film, Joaquin Phoenix plays Max Graham, a 12-year-old who is finally allowed to go to the main Space Camp where he forms a bond with Jinx, a sentient robot. After telling Jinx that he wished he was in space, the robot with a knack for taking things literally fulfills the boy’s wish and sends a team of campers into orbit. What follows is a color by numbers affair, but it has enough charm, especially on the part of Phoenix, to make it a movie worth revisiting.
