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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

2011 · 101 min · Director: James Moll ★ IMDb 8.2 · 6,754 ratings

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Rising from the ashes of Nirvana, the Foo Fighters became a Grammy-winning sensation on their own. Sixteen years of the band's history comes to life in this documentary, from their demo tapes through the creation of their 2011 album, "Wasting Light."

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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Nostalgia 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Joy10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Nostalgia, Inspiration. Genres: Documentary, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Nostalgia and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 8.2/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Joy
  • Inspiration
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyInspirationSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Inspiration61 %28 %32 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness69 %16 %26 %53 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness63 %19 %36 %48 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Joy51 %31 %40 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor47 %28 %29 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension50 %18 %19 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sadness54 %19 %16 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Sadness50 %20 %16 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Sadness48 %23 %19 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Joy51 %38 %31 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Joy58 %39 %33 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension68 %18 %15 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension70 %15 %16 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Joy65 %40 %40 %13 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Joy62 %50 %50 %1 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Inspiration56 %38 %41 %3 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Humor50 %35 %36 %5 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Joy53 %41 %41 %11 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Inspiration59 %45 %50 %21 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Inspiration65 %52 %58 %22 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

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Shawn Cloninger

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Dave Grohl

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William Goldsmith

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Chris Shiflett

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Jessy Greene

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Pat Smear

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Nate Mendel

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Bob Mould

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Details

Directed by
James Moll
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.2 · 6,754 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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