The Final Member

Name: The Final Member
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: April 18, 2014
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Páll Arason, Sigurður Hjartarson, Tom Mitchell

2014

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Drafthouse Films | Release Date: April 18, 2014 | Not Rated

Starring: Páll Arason, Sigurður Hjartarson, Tom Mitchell

Summary: Paris has the Louvre, London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland-a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle-boasts the world's only museum devoted exclusively to painstakingly preserved male genitalia. Founded and curated by Sigurður "Siggi" Hjartarson, the Icelandic PhallologicalParis has the Louvre, London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland-a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle-boasts the world's only museum devoted exclusively to painstakingly preserved male genitalia. Founded and curated by Sigurður "Siggi" Hjartarson, the Icelandic Phallological Museum houses four decades worth of mammalian members, from a petite field mouse to the colossal sperm whale, and every "thing" in between. Lamentably, Siggi's collection lacks the holy grail of phallic phantasmagoria: a human specimen. Siggi's world changes dramatically when he receives generous offers from an elderly Icelandic Casanova and an eccentric American. However, as the competition for eternal penile preservation heats up between the two men, Siggi soon discovers that this process is more complicated than it initially appeared.… Expand

Director: Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Apr 17, 2014

The Final Member boasts a stranger-than-fiction subject so odd and funny it almost couldn’t miss. But Bekhor and Math make the film much more than a limp gag. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 17, 2014

Funny, fascinating, and packing a surprisingly poignant twist, the doc will get plenty of free publicity and, for unsqueamish moviegoers, will live up to the hype. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 17, 2014

This wonderfully weird documentary pinpoints the desire to preserve fleeting glories. Read full review

Heather Baysa

Apr 16, 2014

the shock factor was to be expected from the get-go, and so it's not all that shocking. What is compelling, however, is the weird way this film demonstrates the supreme emotional effectiveness of a simple quest narrative. Read full review

Josh Kupecki

Apr 16, 2014

While very funny, The Final Member is also a compelling examination of society’s concept of masculinity and male identity, and an empathetic portrait of three men in the fading decline of their lives, staring at their own mortality. In the end, their obsession with leaving behind a legacy illustrates a universal truth for us all, and that’s no joke. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 15, 2014

A potential barroom joke blossoms into a surprisingly poignant portrait of three aging men wrestling with how to shed their mortal coil. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Apr 18, 2014

Generally speaking, the museum seems like a modest, but vividly-detailed freak show. Read full review

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