feeldb

Return to Space

2022 · 128 min · Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ★ IMDb 7.3 · 6,221 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for Return to Space

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Return to Space (2022) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Inspiration 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe35%
  2. Hope10%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Inspiration and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Relief
  • Joy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Relief
Joy
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.
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 68 %, then rises around 78 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Inspiration58 %38 %15 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Relief59 %40 %26 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Awe53 %34 %20 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Tension52 %40 %19 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Relief59 %45 %30 %33 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Awe59 %31 %29 %39 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Awe56 %28 %23 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Tension56 %44 %13 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Tension63 %60 %5 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Tension64 %60 %5 %19 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Tension64 %53 %20 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Relief69 %50 %45 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 80′Relief59 %40 %40 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Awe46 %31 %20 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 93′Tension53 %44 %16 %14 %
77.5 %≈ 99′Inspiration66 %60 %13 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension78 %73 %24 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 112′Relief83 %64 %57 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 118′Relief75 %34 %60 %59 %
97.5 %≈ 125′Inspiration63 %23 %35 %45 %
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.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Return to Space. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Return to Space — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

EM
Elon Musk

EM
Elon Musk

Self

DH
Douglas Hurley

RB
Robert Behnken

JB
James Bridenstine

TD
Tim Dodd

HK
Hans-Jörg Koenigsmann

GS
Gwynne Shotwell

LB
Lars Blackmore

MM
Megan McArthur

KD
Kiko Dontchev

LG
Lori Garver

Self

KN
Karen Nyberg

Self

BR
Balachandar Ramamurthy

Self

AM
Anna Menon

Self

KB
Kay Bailey Hutchison

Self (archive footage)

RS
Richard Shelby

Self (archive footage)

Details

Type
Movies
Released
2022
Runtime
128 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 6,221 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
Data updated

Where to watch

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.