Review of Tom of Finland (2017) by Christian C — 30 Jan 2018

I cried tears of joy when 'Tom of Finland' came to an end. Other than the makeup and hairstyling which I appreciated as the movie takes place over a span of nearly 50 years with all of the same actors, I don't have much nice to say about this overindulgent and repetitive film about several important issues.

After seeing the opening scene I thought 'OK here's a movie that's going to push limits, but it stayed safe and was quite the bore. The actors seem like they're being held at gunpoint.

Nobody is having fun which I understand may have a little to do with the subject matter, but how about a little charisma. If Tom of Finland helped inspire a revolution like the poster said, you need to make that the forefront, instead we drag on for nearly the entire first 45 minutes with backstory.

After they're done beating you over the head, it starts beating you over the head again. It makes it's point then makes the same point again instead of telling us WHY some guy from Finland inspired a generation.

Make your case!! The filmmaker shows a picture of Tom in front of a large audience at right before the closing credits. That's all you're going to do to convince me. Tom deserves better and so do you! If you're looking for a really good foreign language film out now go see 'In Between'.

Final Score: 4.2/10.