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Tom of Finland
Directed by
Dome Karukoski
Not Rated
2017
1h 56m
Drama
,
Biography
6.8
83%
70%
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Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
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Cast of Tom of Finland
Pekka Strang
Touko Laaksonen / Tom of Finland
Lauri Tilkanen
Veli
Jessica Grabowsky
Kaija
Taisto Oksanen
Alijoki
Seumas F. Sargent
Doug
Jakob Oftebro
Jack
Niklas Hogner
Kake
Chris Myland
Security Person
Alf Myreen
AD Artist
Fabian Puregger
Tom's Dream Cop
Roope Karisto
Young Man
Emanuel Claesson
Man in Doorway
Henri Keränen
Radio Operator / Soldier, Chorus
Siim Maaten
Russian Paratrooper
Leif Edlund
Moustache Man
Werner Daehn
Müller
Christian Sandström
Kari
Martin Bahne
Gabriel
Kari Hietalahti
Sahlin
Ksenia Lelesh
Maria
Ida Koski
Heidi
Anders Sanzén
Mikael Berg
Sanne Broström
Niko Wirtanen
Hansa-baarin portsari
Jari Forsman
Poliisi puistossa
Norbert Braun
Rajavartija
Erwin Bruhn
Vastaanottovirkailija Berliinissä
Martin Bergman
Saksalainen virkailija
Thomas Olausson
Yksinäinen poliisi
Paavo Pyykkönen
Juha
Sten Sture Olander
Suutari
Pekka Immonen
Räätäli
Meri Nenonen
Rouva Alijoki
Jari Tolkki
Konstaapeli Alijoen talolla
Þorsteinn Bachmann
Editor-in-chief
Frank Michael Jork
Valokuvaaja
David Nolden
Young Doug
C.T. Brauner
Doug's father
Jimmy Shaw
Poliisi Los Angelesissa
Matthew Way
Nimikirjoituksen pyytäjä
Haymon Maria Buttinger
Mannheim
Margit Trennedal
Kangasmyyjä
Amelia Hoy
Nurse
Manfred Böll
Zagat
Liliana Lindner
Chava
Harriet Pasternak
Taidekoulun opettaja
Eric Rusch
IML:n juontaja
Fred Baube
(voice)
Celina Callahan
(voice)
Erich Silva
(voice)
Julian Herring
(voice)
Lawrence Dolkart
(voice)
Leena Asp
(voice)
Mark B. Odom
(voice)
Rich Lyons
(voice)
Sophia Albow
(voice)
Steven Stewart
(voice)
Dome Karukoski
Director
Aleksi Bardy
Writer / Producer
Miia Haavisto
Producer
Annika Sucksdorff
Producer
Tom of Finland Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Director Dome Karukoski brings an oddly tasteful approach... But once Laaksonen achieves success and finds domestic happiness with a ballet dancer, the filmmakers don't have much to say about their subject.
Hyperallergic
Benjamin Sutton
Karukoski's sensitive direction, which only occasionally gives way to cloying melodrama, offers a perfect platform for actor Pekka Strang to showcase his impressive range in the lead role.
Burnaway.org
Felicia Feaster
For Tom of Finland, sex is freedom and the artist's empowered gay superheroes perpetually young, never encumbered by performance anxiety or condemnation, frolicking in a dream world expression of a longed-for reality.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
A mild mannered biopic rather than a true representation of the artist it depicts, venerating but ultimately neutering its delightfully rebellious subject.
Fanboys of the Universe
Johnny Gayzmonic
Tom always saw himself as an artist first and foremost, and thankfully, so does Dome Karukoski's film.
MiamiArtZine
Rubén Rosario
As disappointments at the movies go, this one hurts more than most.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Martha K. Baker
"Tom of Finland," a fantastic film in more ways than one, peers into another world with honesty and ferocity as well as admiration.
Newcity
Ray Pride
Karukoski's scenes often have a smoky, sweaty reek that would have amused the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a titan of tang himself... The tensile central performance by Pekka Strang is adroit at capturing the complicated man.
The Patriot Ledger
Al Alexander
Touko Laaksonen sketched out an enduring legacy with his homoerotic images of hyper-masculine men. So, why then is Dome Karukoski's depiction of Laaksonen's rise from closeted pornographer to celebrated artist so flaccid?
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
In a subtle but wily performance, Strang never loses sight of his character's innate sense of resistance.
Washington Post
Kristen Page-Kirby
In the end, the overarching theme of "Tom of Finland" is the power of art, even - or maybe especially - so-called deviant art.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
"Tom of Finland" entertainingly recounts an intriguing and vital chapter of 20th-century gay history with style and deference.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Tom of Finland is a good, strong movie, but never threatens to be great. One salivates at the adventurous directions the film could have explored.
Village Voice
Chuck Wilson
Why does Tom of Finland play like an over-cited term paper? The film is jammed with incident and detail but there's little flow to the storytelling ...
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
A heartfelt tribute to the artist. It's also a too-often diffuse one.
NPR
Glen Weldon
A decorous restraint pervades Tom of Finland - which, given its subject matter, can't help but seem puzzling; Karukoski never manages to capture the hedonistic excess of Laaksonen's art.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
While Mr. Laaksonen devoted his life (1920-91) to challenging conventions, the film is committed to honoring them.
TheWrap
Dan Callahan
A formless look at Tom's life that seeks to celebrate him uncritically as a hero with a pill of a sister and a sweet boyfriend who just wants to hold his hand in public sometimes. Sex and desire go missing here, to a large extent.
Slant Magazine
Sam C. Mac
Dome Karukoski often excels at elevating his linear, historically conscious plotting with more abstract symbolism and ellipsis.
Variety
Guy Lodge
Karukoski's film at least honors its subject's work in some key respects: It's handsome, smoothly executed and eager to entertain.
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Tom Of Finland: Doug And Jack (US)
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