Project Hail Mary (film)

Project Hail Mary (film)

Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American epic[a] science fiction comedy[b] film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard

After dominating theaters since its March 20 release, even earning an extended theatrical window and a return to IMAX screens, Project Hail Mary has finally arrived on digital platforms. And this is a movie that absolutely deserves multiple viewings.

Now that we can watch it from our couches with the power of pause and rewind at our fingertips, it's time to catch all the beautiful moments we loved the very first time. Project Hail Mary is full of details easy to miss on first watch. Some are visual Easter eggs like Eva Stratt's prison tattoo in the final Earth scene, a subtle "V" with a line through it on her neck that signifies she was sentenced to life without parole in a French prison. But the moments that really demand rewatching are the emotional beats between Ryland Grace and Rocky.

Here are the 13 Rocky and Grace moments we'll be pausing and rewinding from our couch, probably while crying into a blanket.

All the soulmate three taps

This is the moment that starts everything. After Rocky builds the xenonite tunnel connecting their ships, Grace cautiously enters his side for the first time. Then he hears it. Three deliberate knocks on the wall separating them. He knocks back.

Once you've seen the entire film, coming back to this scene feels so special. Because those three knocks become their language, their "I'm here," and "are you okay?" Their proof of life.

We'll be rewatching this to catch every detail of that first exchange and every three knocks after, knowing it's the beginning of everything between them.

"Hi Grace" - Rocky moves in unannounced

This is the scene where Rocky builds his xenonite ball suit so he can actually enter the Hail Mary's oxygen atmosphere. He appears unannounced and just rolls in like it shouldn't be surprising that he's moving in with Grace with no prior notice whatsoever.

Grace tries to establish boundaries but Rocky's already looking for the bedrooms. The sequence is hilarious with Grace attempting to explain personal space to Rocky who doesn't understand why this is even a conversation. But what makes it rewatch-worthy is knowing this is the moment their dynamic really gets there for the rest of the adventure. Rocky’s going to be bossy and completely dismiss Grace's complaints, and Grace is going to let him because he loves this friendship more than he loves privacy.

"Out pointy" - the bedroom takeover scene

Not long after Rocky's moved in, he decides he needs more than just his travel ball. This is the sequence where Rocky asks Grace to build him a proper sleeping chamber in one of the Hail Mary's bedrooms and Grace has to follow Rocky's very specific (and very bossy) instructions about where the xenonite tunnel needs to go.

Rocky's gesturing upward and outward, directing the construction: "Not on Earth. More high."

Grace: "It goes this way? All the way out to here?"

Rocky: "Yes. Out pointy."

Then comes one of my favorite moments of Grace recording a video log where he vents about his new roommate situation: "He tells me what to do, he tells me why to do it, he tells me how to do it, he tells me when to do it. And then when I do it, he's like, 'What are you doing?'"

There's also Grace's Superman joke during this sequence dealing with the heavy triangular xenonite pieces and saying it makes him look like the villains from Superman, trapped in the Phantom Zone.

We'll be rewatching this for the pure domestic comedy of it. Grace complaining like Rocky is a difficult roommate, when really he's just thrilled to not be alone. And for that Superman reference that somehow makes the whole thing even more endearing.