# Seekers of Infinite Love
**Seekers of Infinite Love** is a 2026 American comedy directed and written by Victoria Strouse in her feature directorial debut. Three estranged adult siblings take a road trip from New York to Kentucky to rescue their youngest sister from a doomsday cult, aided by a professional cult deprogrammer, and the film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 12, 2026.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/releaseinfo/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director and writer | Victoria Strouse, her first feature as director[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/) |
| Premiere | March 12, 2026, South by Southwest Film Festival[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/releaseinfo/) |
| Runtime | 91 minutes[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/) |
| Principal cast | Hannah Einbinder (Kayla Bachman), John Reynolds (Zach Bachman), Griffin Gluck (Wes Bachman), Justine Lupe (Scarlett), Justin Theroux (Rick), Greg Kinnear (the cult leader)[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/fullcredits/) |
| Producers | Dylan Sellers, Chris Parker, Marty Bowen, and Wyck Godfrey[4](https://sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Press-Release-SXSW-2026-First-Wave-Film-TV-Programming.pdf) |
| Production companies | Limelight and Temple Hill Entertainment[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/) |
| Reception | 80% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 10 reviews; 6.6/10 on IMDb from 41 votes[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seekers_of_infinite_love) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and characters
The story follows the Bachman siblings. Kayla ([Hannah Einbinder](https://www.edgepedia.org/hannah-einbinder)) is a novelist with anxiety and claustrophobia who avoids her family; Zach (John Reynolds) is a New York lawyer who schedules a mandatory family meeting; Wes ([Griffin Gluck](https://www.edgepedia.org/griffin-gluck)) is a younger brother with gambling and pill addictions. They learn that their sister Scarlett ([Justine Lupe](https://www.edgepedia.org/justine-lupe)) has joined a cult in Kentucky, and their distant parents hire a deprogrammer named Rick (Justin Theroux) to track her down and bring her home.[6](https://www.geekscape.net/sxsw-review-seekers-of-inifinite-love) • [7](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/)
The urgency comes from the cult itself. According to the film's promotional interviews, the group's pony-tailed leader ([Greg Kinnear](https://www.edgepedia.org/greg-kinnear)) plans to convince his followers to take part in a mass suicide event within days, so the siblings must reach Scarlett quickly.[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/) When Kayla has a panic attack trying to board a plane, the group drives instead, and the road trip from New York to Kentucky is delayed by the siblings' constant bickering and inability to see past each other's flaws.[7](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/)
One detail of the cult's name differs between sources. Den of Geek identifies the doomsday group as the Seekers of Infinite Love, the same name as the film,[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/) while Deadline's SXSW review calls it Seekers of Infinite Wisdom.[9](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65748074/) A Letterboxd review names the cult's leader as Hal.[10](https://letterboxd.com/film/seekers-of-infinite-love/reviews/)
## Production and background
**A long-gestating project.** Strouse worked on the film for roughly two decades before premiering it; Geekscape's SXSW review describes it as a passion project 20 years in the making, and Deadline reports that at periods over the past decade it was planned for stars including [Jennifer Aniston](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-aniston).[6](https://www.geekscape.net/sxsw-review-seekers-of-inifinite-love) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65748074/) Industry production listings trace the project under earlier titles: an August 2011 listing called *Apostles of Infinite Love* describes an upper-class dysfunctional New York family recruiting a cult deprogrammer to save their youngest daughter in the Midwest,[11](https://mande.net/fr/production-listing/motion-picture/apostles-of-infinite-love) and an April 2025 listing titled *The Seekers of Perpetual Love* describes a trio of dysfunctional upper-class New York siblings who recruit a [New Age](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-age) deprogrammer.[12](https://mande.net/production-listing/motion-picture/the-seekers-of-perpetual-love)
Strouse's earlier screenwriting credits include *Finding Dory*, *[Little Fockers](https://www.edgepedia.org/little-fockers)*, *Let It Snow*, and *Family Switch*.[6](https://www.geekscape.net/sxsw-review-seekers-of-inifinite-love) • [7](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/) • [13](https://thebloggingbanshee.com/2026/03/20/sxsw-2026-review-seekers-of-infinite-love/) She is the daughter of composer [Charles Strouse](https://www.edgepedia.org/charles-strouse), the Primetime Emmy winner behind the music for *Annie* (1982) and *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), and Geekscape reads the film as partly semiautobiographical in its portrait of a child of a famed parent.[6](https://www.geekscape.net/sxsw-review-seekers-of-inifinite-love)
In interviews at SXSW, Strouse said the film began with sibling dynamics and grew into an interest in cults as "a secondary but corrupt family."[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/) [Justin Theroux](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-theroux) described building Rick around uncomfortably close physical proximity, eye contact, and touch; Strouse said Rick's repeated touching of Wes became one of her favorite unplanned throughlines in the edit.[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/)
The crew includes composer Jake Monaco, cinematographer Tim Suhrstedt, editors Jessica Brunetto and Kheireddine El-Helou, and casting director Marisol Roncali.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/fullcredits/)
## Themes and reception
Reviewers consistently read the film as a family story first and a cult story second. Den of Geek notes that rather than plumbing the indoctrinated followers and their leaders, the film is about a dysfunctional family dealing with its own mistakes and regrets, and compares it to a slightly more deranged take on *Little Miss Sunshine*.[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/) The Blogging Banshee highlights the sibling bond, writing that the film balances comedy and sentimentality while the siblings are forced to confront their individual issues.[13](https://thebloggingbanshee.com/2026/03/20/sxsw-2026-review-seekers-of-infinite-love/)
**Critical scores.** On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 80% Tomatometer from 10 reviews; individual critics ranged from Rendy Jones's 1.5/5 ("an unfunny trip not worth taking") to 8/10 ratings from Molly Henery and Abe Friedtanzer.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seekers_of_infinite_love) • [7](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/) Metacritic lists two critic reviews at the time of crawling, one positive (Screen Rant, 80) and one mixed (Collider, 60), with its aggregate Metascore pending a fourth review; Collider's Ross Bonaime wrote that the cast is appealing as a team but the story feels one-dimensional.[14](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/seekers-of-infinite-love/) IMDb users gave it 6.6 out of 10 from 41 votes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/)
Critics singled out the ensemble. Screen Rant called it one of the best ensemble performances of the SXSW festival, praising Einbinder's "heart-forward and honest" lead turn and Theroux's comedy.[14](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/seekers-of-infinite-love/) AwardsBuzz noted Einbinder's combination of anxiety and wit opposite Reynolds's serious, friendless lawyer brother, and read Theroux's performance as a send-up of his own most intense screen persona.[7](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/)
## References
1. [Seekers of Infinite Love (2026), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/)
2. [Seekers of Infinite Love (2026) - Release info, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/releaseinfo/)
3. [Seekers of Infinite Love (2026) - Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39368262/fullcredits/)
4. [SXSW 2026 First Wave Film & TV Programming press release](https://sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Press-Release-SXSW-2026-First-Wave-Film-TV-Programming.pdf)
5. [Seekers of Infinite Love, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seekers_of_infinite_love)
6. [SXSW Review: Seekers of Infinite Love, Geekscape (March 16, 2026)](https://www.geekscape.net/sxsw-review-seekers-of-inifinite-love)
7. [SXSW Review: 'Seekers of Infinite Love' is a Hilarious Road Trip Comedy, AwardsBuzz (March 13, 2026)](https://awardsbuzz.com/sxsw-review-seekers-of-infinite-love-is-a-hilarious-road-trip-comedy-with-an-excellent-cast-of-bickering-siblings/)
8. [Seekers of Infinite Love: Hannah Einbinder and Justin Theroux Talk Cults, Den of Geek (March 20, 2026)](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/seekers-of-infinite-love-hannah-einbinder-justin-cults/)
9. ['Seekers of Infinite Love' Review, Deadline via IMDb News (March 13, 2026)](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65748074/)
10. [Reviews of Seekers of Infinite Love, Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/seekers-of-infinite-love/reviews/)
11. [Apostles of Infinite Love, M&E Production Listing (added August 29, 2011)](https://mande.net/fr/production-listing/motion-picture/apostles-of-infinite-love)
12. [The Seekers of Perpetual Love, M&E Production Listing (added April 3, 2025)](https://mande.net/production-listing/motion-picture/the-seekers-of-perpetual-love)
13. [SXSW 2026 Review: Seekers of Infinite Love, The Blogging Banshee (March 20, 2026)](https://thebloggingbanshee.com/2026/03/20/sxsw-2026-review-seekers-of-infinite-love/)
14. [Seekers of Infinite Love Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/seekers-of-infinite-love/)
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