SEEDLESS

In just twelve minutes, "Seedless" manages to pull off what many features can’t—it drops you into a world already spinning off its axis, and instead of pulling you out, it leaves you to sit and revel in the chaos. And whilst I'm on the topic of chaos... there's a special kind of it that only dark comedy can capture—the kind that straddles the line between existential crisis and complete farce. Seedless lives entirely in that space. And it thrives. 

Directed by Keenan Gray, this is a dark comedy disguised as a simple Uber ride. Pete, the unsuspecting driver played with just the right dose of wide-eyed resignation by Joey Leberer, picks up a passenger named Donny, whose nervous energy is instantly disarming. He talks too much. He doesn’t want to be dropped off. And soon enough, he’s dragging poor Pete into what he claims is a life-or-death rescue mission involving his sister. 

There’s a brilliance to how quickly this story unravels. The script wastes no time but still feels natural—urgent, paranoid, and increasingly surreal. Gray and co-writer Zipf understand that real discomfort comes from imbalance: when one person in the room, or in this case, the car, knows something you don’t. That imbalance is what drives "Seedless." You’re not sure if Donny’s lying, or just lost. 

The camera work, all tight frames and handheld jitters, adds to the unease. You’re not watching this from a safe cinematic distance—you’re in the backseat, boxed in by tension and confusion. The claustrophobia is deliberate, and it’s effective. 

Leberer and Zipf have a palpable chemistry. Pete’s polite discomfort plays beautifully against Donny’s desperate, delusional urgency. And just when things reach peak absurdity, the film cuts through it all with a moment of icy, human truth—one that reframes everything that came before it. 

Seedless is about fractured masculinity, impulsive heroism, and how quickly fear can become performance. It’s funny, but it’s also sad. It’s chaotic, but always controlled. And in the end, it’s less about a sister being kidnapped and more about a man trying to matter—even if it means making everything worse.