
Variety
Karukoski's film at least honours its subject's work in some key respects: It's handsome, smoothly executed and eager to entertain.
Full reviewBiopic on shunned-to-celebrated cult artist Touko Laaksonen and the events that influenced his iconic homoerotic drawings.
"After the trauma of serving in WWII, Tuoko finds no peace at home as he has to go to increasingly greater lengths to hide his homosexuality, even from his family. As the secret affairs and police crackdowns wear on him, he commits more deeply to his art, drawing inspiration from the uniforms that oppress him.
"Tuoko gains confidence from the positive reactions he receives after sharing his explicit drawings of muscular men in sexually uninhibited situations with a select few. But it is only when an American publisher sees them and invites Tuoko over to the West Coast that his life really takes a turn. Finally being able to walk free and proud in Los Angeles, Tuoko dives head first into the sexual revolution, becoming an icon and a rallying point." (Tribeca Film Festival)
LessKarukoski's film at least honours its subject's work in some key respects: It's handsome, smoothly executed and eager to entertain.
Full reviewFinnish artist Touko Laaksonen, known by his nom de plume Tom of Finland, is brought above the radar of cultural history in this well-acted biopic.
Full reviewA film that projects some of the superficiality that Laaksonen’s art has been accused of over the years, and that just as surely inspires through its command of visual storytelling.
Full review... a very watchable, solid, frequently entertaining and sometimes touching true story.
Full reviewHaving taken such pains to establish Tom's Finnish background and its attendant dangers, Karukoski hurtles through the sketchy American section without exploring any of its crucial issues in sufficient depth.
Full reviewTom of Finland is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Binge and Ritz at Home.
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