Sincerely Saul (2025)


REVIEWER RATING: 
7/10

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It’s December 1 and Saul is a 26-year-old virgin. A gamer. A hermit.

A loser.

Saul lives with his demanding grandmother who likes to boisterously complain about anything and everything, even on her deathbed. While the hurt, shame and misery of his existence hits an all-time high, the logical solution for Saul is suicide.   Again.  

Yes, not only is he a failure in life, but he’s a failure in death as well. His most recent attempt leads him back into group therapy (AMV – Adult Male Virgins) where he is surrounded by similar introverts and defeated dorks. Saul’s objective then becomes transparently clear: “lose my virginity by my 27th birthday or kill myself.” And the clock begins. He has one month.

The daily routine of this short tempered, irrationally angry young man consists of video game addiction, selling off his obscure collections ranging from comic books to odd tchotchkes, avoiding the wrath of sickly granny and of course…hide in his closet for masturbation sessions to online porn.  

Without secure work, his financials are non-existent without a solution in sight, outside of ripping off a few friends and family. Even through a menial amount of guilt, he is unable to help himself conquer his mission: to get laid before January 1.  

Saul’s addictions are not limited to gaming, as he progresses into the world of live cam girls and solicits his favorite sex worker to elevate him to manhood. The irrelevant component in Sincerely Saul fell upon watching a segment about this online call girl’s brief reality under the self-created persona of “Becky.” Unrelated and unnecessary, but luckily it wasn’t wavering my interest away from the bowl-haircut headed Saul (who could easily share a blood line with Napoleon Dynamite through the quirkiness of being.)

Well done, Ryan Schafer!

The main character’s irate and aloof attributes are only identifiable by those who can relate directly through his disassociation with society. And his inner angst from the sad deck of cards he was dealt. Sincerely Saul is a dejected display of a deteriorating man, unable to climb his way up to a standardized and acceptable social status. Jobless, mostly friendless and hopeless, this is a bleak look at the uniqueness of an ordinary person struggling with being below average.

OVERALL: 
Sincerely Saul is an imaginative black/white film with subtle graininess comparable to David Lynch-like vibes through the darkest humor conceivable. Proven in the crank call scene with his equally geeked out pal, Verne, who believes his own peculiar amusement resonates with others. It’s awkward, uncomfortable and yet hilarious as the two compete over who has the better prank game. Through quirky encounters, anxious events and life-ending attempts which include slicing open a wrist (yes Saul, I would imagine that DOES hurt!), you can’t help but sympathize for this lovable dope. Even when he gets arrested for messing with a store’s magazine polybag out of sheer spite. It has its epic moments.


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