The Final Member

Year: 2012
Country: CANADA, ICELAND
Run Time: 72 minutes

If seeing male genitalia makes you queasy, you haven't seen nothing yet. And if it doesn't, you haven't seen enough of nothing yet. You're about to see a whole lot of everything. THE FINAL MEMBER is a documentary following Siggi Hjartarson and his quest to complete his collection of mammalian penises at the Icelandic Phallogical Museum, which is exactly what it sounds like. Much to Siggi's chagrin, there is one species not represented – yet. Enter Tom Mitchell, an American who has agreed to donate his penis, while he's still alive. Mitchell thinks so highly of his penis, he named it Elmo. Mitchell's competition is local lothario Pall Arason who, at 93, has willed his little friend to the museum. Who's going to die first – Arason or Mitchell's dignity? You haven't lived till you've seen an English hipster try to get a mold of an Icelandic man's genitalia. And you shouldn't die till you see Mitchell's pictures of Elmo in costume. So many costumes. Uncomfortable? Maybe. Worth every inch? Absolutely. Surprisingly sublime, tremendously touching, and comically cockamamie, THE FINAL MEMBER is sure to please. (In English and Icelandic with subtitles) – T.W.

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