Messy(2025)

Name: Messy
Director: Alexi Wasser
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: Oct 31, 2025
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Thomas Middleditch, Ione Skye, Peter Vack, David Lowery

Vertical Entertainment

1h 30m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: Oct 31, 2025 | Limited

Stella Fox has just ended a relationship and moved to New York. Over the course of one summer, she goes on a string of dates that go nowhere, sleeps with people she probably shouldn't, and maintains a level of self-awareness about it that doesn't seem to help. A low-budget indie sex comedy about what it looks like when the person most in your way is yourself.

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Original Release | Oct 31, 2025

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Director & Top Cast

Alexi Wasser
Director

Adam Goldberg
The Mayor

Thomas Middleditch
Max

Ione Skye
Mona Fairchild

Peter Vack
Ivan

David Lowery
Uptight Party Goer

Jack Kilmer

Luca

Mario Cantone

Leo Fontaine

Alexi Wasser

Stella Fox

Kareem Rahma

Uber Driver

Morgan Krantz

Actor

Ruby McCollister

Ruby Soho

Denver Milord

Jeremiah

Maximilian Isaacs

DJ Malcolm

Michael Panes

Dino

Dion Costelloe

Eddie

Sophia Lamar

Maxine Delon

Reza Nader

The Guy

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Messy is a 2025 American comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Alexi Wasser, marking her feature directorial debut. The film follows Stella Fox (Wasser), a self-described love addict who relocates to New York City after a difficult breakup and spends a summer cycling through a series of disappointing romantic encounters. The supporting cast includes Thomas Middleditch as Max, Adam Goldberg as The Mayor, Ione Skye as Mona Fairchild, Mario Cantone as Leo Fontaine, Ruby McCollister as Ruby Soho, and Jack Kilmer. Executive producers include directors David Lowery and Augustine Frizzell. The film debuted at the New/Next Film Festival. It held its New York City premiere at the Downtown Festival before Vertical acquired distribution rights for North America, the UK, and Ireland. It was released in theaters and on VOD on October 31, 2025, distributed by Vertical. The film runs 81 minutes. Core themes include romantic self-destruction, identity, desire, and the gap between self-knowledge and self-change. The film is for audiences drawn to low-budget New York indie comedy-dramas in the vein of personal filmmaking.

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Messy (2025) follows brutally self-aware love addict Stella Fox (Alexi Wasser), who flees to New York after a devastating breakup, diving into a summer of chaotic hookups, dating app disasters, and validation-seeking in the wrong arms.