Tom of Finland (2017) User Reviews

An important part of GLBTQI history

[tm-sheehan · 8/10 · 10 November 2017]

The hit of The 2017 Mardi Gras Film Festival and I can see why..

I couldn't help thinking watching this movie a few days before we find out if Australia has .voted YES hopefully or No ,heaven forbid to marriage Equality how far our GLBTIQ historic journey has travelled and we still have a long way to travel.

This film is more than a biography of the creator of Tom of Finland , its a document that shows the vilification persecution and intolerance that we experienced in the journey to liberation and the shut closet furtive underworld that younger GLBTQI, thankfully don't experience today.

If Tom of Finland was introduced as a cultural icon today for gay male sexuality he probably wouldn't have had the impact that he did in today's world of internet and technology but he deserves his place in our history and I'm glad he's being celebrated in this entertaining movie.

I enjoyed the film which spans the war years to the terrible AIDS holocaust years ,where a generation was lost forever. Well directed great script and wonderful performances by all the cast ,Tom 's not a film for everyone but up till today I had only a little knowledge of Tom of Finland . Of course I knew the raunchy sketches and their iconic significance to Gay culture but no idea about the creator Toulouse Laaksonen or the background to the creation of Tom.

So grateful to Adam and Kirsten and Mt Vic Flix , if it wasn't for them we would miss out on the very best of today's cinema.

Solid, but too easy

[tinovalkki · 7/10 · 5 March 2017]

I am not a big fan of domestic movies. I have been disappointed in too many times. Therefore Tom of Finland was a great surprise. Set is good, text works and it feels quite international movie. It is not a five star movie, but good enough still. The biggest problem of it is that it has made to all audience. I don't mean that they should show all the art of Tom's, but I mean the way they handle homosexuality back in 50's to 80's. The fact is, that homosexuality was a crime many decades after second world war and I am sure, that life hasn't been as easy as they show in the movie.

Movie is also way too slow at the beginning and when they finally start to tell Tom's popularity the pass it too quick and easy in the movie. Also the era of AIDS and eighties is told too easy and quickly. As a domestic movie Tom of Finland is solid movie. It is not a masterpiece but one of the best domestic movies I have seen.

A Worthy Biopic

[fahycolm · 7/10 · 1 August 2017]

"Tom of Finland" is the at times a disturbing and hilarious biopic of extraordinary, bold, brave era defining gay artist Touko Laaksonen. A sort of scatter-gun cover-all script does not detract from the essence of life that superficially and externally was seen as being something akin to "high illustration pornographer" but at its core was more about an uncompromising right to self-determination. Chapeau to the Finns who as part of their 2017 celebrations of independence, put this man's extraordinary life and this film up there with the likes of Sibelius in the country's centenary cultural repertoire. There is no denying Laaksonen's (and arguably the) talent for art and in life. Despite a sense that the writers have tried to cover too much touching on everything from Post war PTSD, AIDS, and the post war oppression of homosexuals, the director (Dome Karukoski ) has done a good job in turning a subject matter of potential distraction (the art itself) into the vehicle of a craftsmanship that deserves respect and as tool (if you'll forgive the pun) of an era impacting human rights advocacy.

a well-made bio pic of the artist who transformed gay identity

[CineMuseFilms · 7/10 · 29 October 2017]

Australia is on the verge of a social milestone in the gay rights movement as it awaits the result of the marriage equality survey. This makes the historical bio-pic Tom of Finland (2017) a timely reminder of the dark history of homophobia and the liberating power of equality. It is a true story of an artist whose work became the rallying iconography for gay pride.

We meet Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland (Pekka Strang), at the end of his Finnish military service just after World War II. The army was an oppressive environment for a gay man at a time when homosexuality was a crime. Inspired by the machismo of military uniforms, Tom secretly developed what became a universal artform that became emblematic of gay culture. His sketches depicted the exaggerated muscularity and sexual power of a social underclass that was regularly lampooned as effeminate, passive and weak. Leather-clad riders on powerful bikes with bulging genitals were regarded by authorities as pornographic but they became iconic self-identity images for the gay community. His early work was dangerous: while being interrogated under suspicion of being gay, a policeman tells him "we used to throw scum like you into concentration camps". While he was an underground criminal in Finland, he was a hero in America. When he arrived in California he was overwhelmed by the openness of America's gay culture, and throughout the 60s and 70s sexual revolution his work was widely exhibited and published. Today he is lauded as one of Finland's heroes.

This story engages at several levels. It is a tale about a gay man's coming out in a repressive society and the global impact he had on the recognition of the LGBTI community. That alone is a big story. But beyond the bio-pic narrative, there is a larger story about the power of art to transform the human condition. Across millennia, art has objectified physical beauty for visual pleasure. Tom's creative sketches beautified the male body in a way that re-defined gay masculinity, empowering those suffering from persecuted sexuality. The strength of the film is in its capture of the mood, fashion, and upheaval of the times. In its two hours spanning four decades of change, it leaps across time and space with editing that can feel disjointed. The cinematography is excellent and the filming palette portrays the gloom of repressive Finland, brightening into the kaleidoscopic colours and music of free America. Key performances are played with understated realism to emphasise the role of Tom's art in social change rather than Tom as a person.

If you have ever wondered what inspired the butch styles made famous by the Village People, now you know. Regardless of where this film is seen, Tom of Finland (2017) is a reminder of just how long it has taken for the gay community to enjoy equal rights and the struggles that still remain. This interesting well-made film sheds a warm light on an artist whose work has left a lasting impact on the creation of a more inclusive society.

An OK movie

[ciffou · 23 September 2018]

It's not bad, it's just not memorable. By trying to insert many years of Tom's life, the writer lost the chance to insert some gravitas into it all. It seemed like the focus was going to be Tom's relationship with his sister but then it kinda fizzled out... was it going to be about his love life? Nop, a sudden off-screen ending to that, its publishing process... just a bit here and there, easily and fastly solved. Hence, the lack of memorability.

Interesting look at an icon

[euroGary · 7/10 · 3 July 2017]

This is a biopic of Touko Laaksonen, who under his nom de plume 'Tom of Finland' is still famous over a quarter of a century after his death for his drawings of well-muscled, well-endowed, often overly-moustached young men. It starts with his experiences during the Second World War - killing a Russian military parachutist, and searching for sexual encounters in a park used by homosexuals that, judging from the number of uniformed extras also in the scene, was frequented by half the armed services of Finland. After the war his sister - who eventually loses a tug-of-love with Touko for the affections of a young male dancer - gets him an artist's job in an advertising agency, but it is of course his erotic art that gives him the most satisfaction. When a foreigner suggests he should market it, Touko opines that would be "easier in the Vatican" (the Finland of the 1950s was not the liberal place it is known as today), but then he decides to send some pictures to a magazine in the United States...

Pekka Strang, in the title role, I found competent but difficult to warm to - although this might be an accurate portrayal of the real Tom of Finland. Some characters - for instance, a couple of lovers whose invitation to the States Touko accepts - are introduced without any real explanation of who they are or their importance to Touko and his cause, which is puzzling to the viewer. But as a drama the film is interesting (the period detail is especially convincing) and worth watching even for those who, like me, find Tom of Finland's work a bit... obvious.

Amazing and touching biography

[mistoppi · 10/10 · 17 February 2017]

Tom of Finland is definitely one of the most anticipated Finnish movies in 2017, and with reason. Many of us already know the homoerotic art made by Tom of Finland - art which has made its way to textile and even post stamps. This film directed by Dome Karukoski introduces us to the man behind the stage name - Touko Laaksonen.

The story is both touching and really empowering. It has heart wrenching drama, but it's also a message of hope, which is something we need right now, considering how scary the world feels right now. But it was certain from the beginning that this movie will make people feel all kind of things. People will be furious about it, mostly because people already feel that way about the art. Some people are not into anything that's so blatantly homoerotic. But as Dome Karukoski said today, it's a loud minority that's against this movie and everything it stands for, not a majority.

One of the most important things about the film is how Touko Laaksonen wasn't flattened, which worse director and writer(s) could've easily done. Of course this is affected by the fact that the events of the film take place during several decades, so there's no reason for Laaksonen be the same all through the movie. But I'm mainly talking about Laaksonen was introduced to us as a both sensitive typical artist and as a gay icon. If they would've tried to leave out the homoerotic art, it would've erased a big part of Laaksonen's identity. On the other hand if they had only focused on the gay icon side of him, the character could've easily become flat. And isn't it quite impossible to even take these two parts of Laaksonen completely apart from each other, since they aren't really that separate?

It's also amazing to witness how Laaksonen is affected by where he is and who he is with. In the middle of mostly straight people he has to hide parts of himself, and his Tom of Finland side isn't as visible. But in California, among the gay community, he can openly be who he is. I'm sure many closeted non-straight people can identify with this.

We all know our modern world isn't completely equal yet. Still it's horrible to see how much worse the hatred towards gay people was when Touko Laaksonen was younger. But comparing that to now, it gives us a little sparkle of hope, that maybe we are going in the right direction. And Tom of Finland movie is coming out (by coincidence, as Karkukoski stated) at the perfect time, and I'm not just talking about the Finland's 100th year as an independent country, but these few weeks. As of first of March, same sex marriage is legal in Finland. So this movie clearly couldn't have come at a better time.

Tom of Finland is a wonderful, touching movie about an artist who is so very important to the gay community. It's a touching biography, and everyone who can should watch it

A gay movie for everybody who likes sex

[kaptenvideo-89875 · 7/10 · 25 December 2017]

Tom of Finland has his own autobiographical movie now, done by Finns themselves. Appropriate because he is one of them and spent his whole life living among them. Which was brave, because in his time, being found out as homosexual could meant effectively the end of the life as one knew it, including losing your life. Just like, say, paedophiles or terrorists today.

I am a bit surprised if you don't know the great late artist's name and/or haven't seen any of his work. Like, for example, Walt Disney or Herluf Bidstrup, he surely is one of the greatest artists of modern time, instantly recognizable and unforgettable for its style and soul.

I would say his drawings are like nothing else out there, although I actually don't know much about gay culture and its antics. But this is art at its purest and most powerful. It's unique, it makes you feel something and it talks to you, regardless of your sexual orientation and/or attitude towards homosexuality. Lust is universal.

The story is nothing original, the classic "rags to riches" success story blueprints made popular by Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" (1987) that the other movie makers still eagerly copy.

Which means that you can often guess where it's going and because of that, there's a risk of reaching the saturation point before the end, probably in the last third.

I enjoyed the ride in full, actually, but the risk is real. Maybe it would help that every movie using this formula wouldn't be around two hours long? It's not like it's gonna become magically fresher in long movies after 30 years.

But the formulaic story and the typical low-key "I am a Finnish movie" look are not what make "Tom of Finland" shine.

But what it lacks in inventive storytelling or visual flashiness, it more than makes up in heart and conviction. It's not just an re-enactment of a famous person's life, you can literally feel the lust that drove him, and men like him, on screen.

This is well conveyed by actors, especially Pekka Strang who seems to be straight in real life but does not shiver back from releasing his inner man-eater in hope for making everything come alive on screen.

This is not a comical role, and he really dives into the role so you can really buy him as the great artist. All this longing, need to break free from social chains, and satisfaction with getting what he wants seem authentic and real when they show on his face on screen.

Watching the gay scene, forced into hiding and later coming out in the open, is interesting as well. Creeping around, always giving out and trying to read subtle signs from other men, and desperation in the danger of being found out. The director has done a great job bringing this alive, as history lesson which is also entertaining to watch.

This is Finland's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film competition at 2018 Academy Awards. I think it's not "serious" enough to have a realistic chance of winning... but who knows. Dome Karukovski is quite a big deal among modern Finnish movie directors, says IMDb.

So... "Tom of Finland": an artist and now a movie even straight people can like! I know I do.

If you want recent similar movie suggestions, check out 2013's "Behind the Candelabra" starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, it's great!

If I have any gay or bi readers, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the movie.

Rewarding for the open-minded

[mstern-647-450218 · 9/10 · 23 April 2017]

This was a hit tonight at Tribeca Film Festival. A very fine biopic. I came away thinking how paradoxical that Scandinavia was so far ahead of the US in its relaxed attitude towards sex -- but only of the hetero variety. This film shows how tragically oppressive life was for gays (at least gay men) in Finland as late as the 1970s. When "Tom" / Touko Laaksonen arrives in L.A. to the adulation of the gay community, it's a joyous catharsis. But I disagree with the reviewer who wrote that the film wouldn't make anyone blush. Many viewers -- outside the Chelsea NYC crowd that attended tonight -- will indeed blush and even squirm, if not at the (albeit discrete) gay sex scenes, then at the artwork itself which is beyond explicit. I would advise viewing Tom of Finland's XXX-rating-worthy art before seeing the film. If you're open-minded, you will be well-rewarded... It falls short of a 10 for me because it lags in places, and the time and place contexts are often confusing. Other than that, it's an extremely well-made film that portrays the soul of an artist brave enough to break the constraints of his society and the times. It also powerfully depicts Touko's wartime experience, and how that filters into his later life -- a universal theme.

Enjoyable

[MattyRich92 · 7/10 · 17 February 2020]

An film that is accessible to a wide audience despite the lascivious subject matter. The first hour of the movie is gripping, especially the love triangle between Tom, his sister, and their roommate. But, in the second half it feels rushed, and it falls prey to typical biopic movie beats.

Unimpressed

[injury-65447 · 4/10 · 23 May 2020]

I'd been meaning to watch this film ever since it was released as I find the subject matter very interesting and intriguing. There is a lot of potential for a good movie here, which is such a shame. It had me interested for Maybe the first half an hour (especially the Finnish boys tumbling in the muddy lake, delicioso) and then suddenly the film becomes a big pointless mess.

The acting of the Americans in the latter half is pretty bad and their characters are not developed at all. The scene where they come in I really started to hate the movie and it felt like a different and poorer film had started. The film overall seems extremely superficial in nature and personally as a gay man I find it does nothing really helpful to explore gay issues and characters. Actually they seem to celebrate being vapid.

I'm sure the real Tom of Finland had an extremely complex and fascinating story to tell, why not here ??? This idea that homosexuality was universally embraced in California I find a bit hard to swallow. Maybe I'm historically ignorant but it felt unbelievable, silly & borderline insulting to suggest the police were that gay friendly.

The relationship between the main character and his sister could have been interesting but it's wasted opportunity. That conflict should have been explored seeing as it was so obviously introduced as a major part of the story. I couldn't find any explanation or justification for her Change of attitude. All of a sudden it's just different. Did somebody else write the second half of this film??? The contrast between Tom of Finland's erotic and violent drawings with a film that seems sappy & saccharine is quite offputting. I want a movie that reflects the power of his drawings. This movie seems to be portraying his artwork as something gentle and loving and life-affirming. It really doesn't fit. There was a VERY lame joke in the hospital scene which made me cringe! I almost turned the film off at this point! Who wrote this awful awful script?

I give a 4/10 because the first half of the film has some merit and I was somewhat emotionally engaged in the beginning. But it really bombs in the second half. I would love to see this subject matter handled in a more gritty way. Something to do justice to the legacy of the man instead of this feeble attempt.Underwhelmed!

Moving life story and gay history of Europe and America

[Imoinda · 9/10 · 26 March 2017]

It's a riddle to me why Tom of Finland isn't being released more widely around the world - it's a fascinating life story, and at the same time also a history of gay rights in Europe and America during the 20th century.

The movie is beautifully shot and there isn't a boring moment in it. It begins with the Winter War and World War Two, with Touko a.k.a. Tom's early sexual encounters in a park in Helsinki during an air raid. In that park, he meets his future life partner, but their encounter is interrupted by a police raid, as homosexuality was illegal in Finland (and most of the world) at this time.

The movie portrays the hardships Touko faces, as well as his success in the US. Parts of the movie are painful, other parts melancholic, but there is also joy and happiness. The actors did a great job - both Pekka Strang (Touko), Jessica Grabowsky (his sister) and Lauri Tilkanen (his partner). I hope to see more of them in the future.

Many scenes were shot in strong, dark, dream-like colours reminiscent of cartoons or animations, and the cinematography was excellent over all - it is well worth seeing this film at the cinema rather than just at home on your TV.

This is one of the few films I've considered watching more than once at the cinema. Highly recommended!

The success of the hidden

[pacolopezpersonal-22057 · 7/10 · 6 October 2017]

Touko Valio Laaksonen was the man hidden behind the pseudonym of Tom of Finland, a draftsman who began drawing for advertisements, using as complement for the work a camera to capture characters and postures; photos, that later, through his pencil he would become into commercial (or not so commercial) pictures, since he secretly had an inclination: he obsessively drew erotic male illustrations. Tom had in common the use of the camera with Robert Mapplethorpe but Robert used it to enhance the beauty of the human nature while Tom would disfigure it. Tom has in common also with Norman Rockwell to have begun like advertisement draftsman, but Rockwell evolved towards the portrait of the friendly face of life. Tom of Finland is neither one nor the other, he finally became in the creator of an universe in which the super macho man gravitates with all his excesses, adorned by a paraphernalia of uniforms, pants and shirts impossibly tight, leather, etc. whose ultimate aim is to carry the virility and the homoerotic excitement to the last degree. This movie treats the whole matter with great delicacy; to the extent that one of the protagonists tries a psychiatric treatment to cure himself of his "illness". In Europe, homosexuality at that time was socially rejected, punished, and therefore hidden. In América It did not reach all those extremes and a more openly situation contributed to the success of Tom's work. The protagonist ends up pretending to be one of his drawings but only manages to be an outline because his complexion and nature has nothing to do with the characters he drew. His sad and gloomy smile and behavior despite having achieved the success were always accompanied by the inseparable cigarette whose (by the way) omnipresence constitutes nearly an abuse towards the viewer. Throughout the film, every time everywhere cigarettes and smoke are present. It is said that in the movies, in case of the hands and movements of an actor are not expressive enough the solution is a cigarette. Here we come to think that we are subliminally manipulated. Apart from this anecdotal observation the film is worth to watch.

Very well-made film wiith serious liabilities

[preppy-3 · 5/10 · 21 December 2017]

Film about Touko Laaksonen a gay Finnish man who fought in World War 2. He returns home with serious PTSS. He finds the only way to battle it is drawing men in leather and in various sexual positions. He also meets and falls in love with adorable Vali (Lauri Tilkanen). However homosexuality was against the law in Finland back then. The film chronicles how Touko invented the Tom of Finland name and got his work published.

Well-done film with good direction and it moves quickly. However there are two serious liabilities here. One is Laakksonen. He's terrible in the title role. He never EVER reacts to anything. He always has a blank look on his face so I didn't know how to take his lines. By contrast Tilkanen is great as his lover. I kept wishing the movie was about him! The second liability is the script. It goes swinging all over the place. We're given no clue of what era it is and what's going on. Very frustrating. Other that I liked it but those are two huge problems.

A captivating insight into an artist's life

[Gordon-11 · 6 October 2018]

I would not have know about Tom of Finland's life if it was not for this film, especially the fact that his activities were highly illegal and the fact that he was under persecution. I think this film offers a captivating insight into an artist that was way ahead of his time.

Hmmm...

[fil-nik09 · 6/10 · 5 December 2017]

I was hesitant between giving this film 6 or 7, but I think 6 is more suitable.

I watched the film because I know some of the work by Tom of Finland and was curious to know what the film is about. It turns it is a biographical one - which is not bad as I did not know anything about him, his personal life or how he started to draw his bulging men.

So, his life was interesting but the film itself was not as interesting as his life. In fact, I think that pure curiosity for his life made me like the film. Otherwise, I think I would be mostly bored.

I think the most interesting detail of the whole film was the scene where he actually got the name: Tom of Finland ( because the Finnish have bigger cocks :) ). LOL

An excellent biopic with appeal

[Frame-By-Frame · 8/10 · 19 March 2018]

This film played out far better than I imagined it would. As a production it has a very solid and creative feel to it and over all I can't fault it. Of course it's based on a true story and for me who knew of Tom's work, I never knew the dramatic background behind it. To cram so much story into 2 hours obviously meant sacrifices but I think the writers did well there. The film gets over to the audience the sense of gay oppression in Finland around that period and the dangers that practicing gays had to live with. That all sets the scene in the first half of the film which is dramatic but downbeat. In the second half of the film which is mostly based in America it all opens out and in contrast to the first half has a real feel good about it. My score: 8 out of 10 Highly recommended

Balanced Autobiography

[WatchedAfew · 8/10 · 5 November 2017]

This is not a biography of Tom of Finland the provocative / pornographic artist.

Instead, it is the life story of the man whom we became known as Tom of Finland in later life. For much of his film, Tom of Finland is a soldier and then an advertising man who photographed men who would later be the subjects of his infamous sketches. The distinctive, stylized pencil work develops and is refined throughout the film. We can now understand whence came this erotic work and its distinctive style.

Could have been handled better...lacked an editor and clearer direction

[pjeno-66820 · 5/10 · 21 October 2017]

Giving this a generous 5. I don't know how you can mess up a story like this. Lost opportunity.

While the production quality and narrative was promising for the first 40+ minutes, the movie jumped the shark as soon as Tom went to the Hollywood pool party. Talk about a 180 in story direction and focus. Has anyone involved with the movie actually been around the Leather community, in their environments? (Guess what's passing for Leather bars now is too commercial and bubblegum) - Their goal wasn't to be shown as the most flamboyant and nelly boys on the earth. So explain how the hyper masculine figures that Tom of F drew, translates to shrieking queens at a overly disco'y daytime pool party? They don't.

The movie spent an awful lot of time focusing on Tom's sister...how confused/hurt/jealous she was of their new male flatmate. OK, we get it. We got it in the first 15 seconds of that story line.

This movie was rated R. Why? You are doing the history of THIS artist, and there is virtually no nudity as you would have expected from his type of imagination.

Again, the over the top queenie shrieking for the "leather bar" scenes in the States, was really not accurate.

Have you gone to the official Tom of Finland website, and read some of his biography there? Ya, that part about how he would be drawing in his locked room would have been a bit more interesting.

If you are going to do a film based on one of the most copied, homoerotic cartoonists of gay hyper masculine characters, I would think the people that the artist encountered (and thus given him ideas) would be good looking, or masculine. Or both. ...Que the Sylvester music. :(

An Insight Into A Genius

[georgegrimes · 10/10 · 8 May 2021]

An excellent production all round. The screenplay is especially good at telling the story and allowing us, the audience understand the development of this leading illuminary.

Gay culture for dummies

[EnoVarma · 3/10 · 11 February 2018]

A by-the-numbers biopic about a gay man made by utterly boring straight men, the tidy Tom of Finland hasn't got a single memorable moment or line in it. Except, perhaps, the unintentionally hilarious outburst at a German police station where Tom's (real name Touko Laaksonen) friend declares something to the effect of "If you're not careful with your art, they're going to put you in prison!" - as the scene already takes place in one. This is the level of intelligence of the film makers.

Aside from an uncomfortably anachronistic performance by Jessica Grabowsky as Touko's sister, the actors are pretty good with Pekka Strang in the lead easily the best thing in the film. Scenes in the U.S. are markedly better than the rest of the movie, but all in all the film fails to deliver anything that feels fresh, daring or new. A truly missed opportunity.

A Courageous Testament of Truth

[tilokaudaman · 9/10 · 26 May 2019]

To me the most important aspect of this film is its emphasis on the importance of erotic images in helping people of a repressed sexual identity find themselves and to feel part of a shared humanity. Although the film covers Tom's life over several decades and can be accused of superficiality skirting through the major issues it presents, I found it to have an intense emotional impact. It brought me to tears several times though the film itself is not sentimental. It is, in fact, a film that celebrates truth and courage unapologetically.

the way

[Kirpianuscus · 27 April 2018]

The right way to present a delicate subject, the portrait of a controversial artist are the basic virtues of this film who has the admirable science to explore a life, in its defining traits, behind drawings and legends and strange controversies. and the best manner to do that is the option for a fresco of period. from challenges to survive. result - a sort of confession. honest, precise,, mix of drops of humor, dark poetry and drama in right proportions. and that is the axis for the eccentric and, in same measure, risky project of Dome Karukoski.

cocktail

[wangwenmingvip · 8/10 · 12 January 2019]

After watching this movie,next time I drink cocktails will remains me "cock"tail

Boring and manipulative.

[LANGUISHMAN · 2/10 · 21 November 2019]

I have watched around 40 minutes Tom of Finland and I don't intent to finish it. Why? Because everything in the first 40 minutes is just terrible. If you can't create a cohesive and exciting film in the first 40 minutes then there's nothing about this film that is even normal. I understand that I should've watched the rest of the other film, but what is there to like about when the first Act is so incredibly boring. The reason I rated 2 stars, instead of a 1-star is that the beginning was pretty decent. Otherwise, this film was a waste of my time and can't stand even to even think about it.

This film is trying to represent the LGBTQ community in a way that is so boring and uninteresting that I found myself not relating to the main character. If you want to make your film inclusive, at least have a good story to go about and present it in a unique and interesting. Not even the theme of 'isolation' was even remotely interesting. It was terrible a movie experience to me personally.

The performance was terrible, the cinematography was just par average and the story isn't even that great. It's not good. Don't watch it.