Although…I watched the movie with my son when he was about 10. When the movie was half over he asked: Him: So this is a true story? Me: Yep, sure is. Him: (worried) Are they going to be okay? I opted for a spoiler and told him yes, this is a story about how they got back safe.

I’d have done the same. It really is a miracle that it has a happy ending

We were watching the movie on DVD. I made sure to pause it on the real Jim Lovell’s cameo at the end. “He didn’t just survive Apollo 13. He lived long enough to do a cameo in a movie about it!” I said. My son thought the whole idea of doing a cameo in a movie about yourself was really cool!