I was really surprised by The Final Member. I ordered it largely out of prurient interest. What would inspire someone from the tiny country of Iceland (population of 360,000) to establish a penis museum with the goal of displaying a sample of every mammalian penis on earth. And why would a couple of directors, Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, decide to do a documentary about it? Museum founder and curator "Siggi" Hjartarson is nearing the end of his life, and his goal is nearly complete. He yet is missing one important specimen, that of homo sapiens. This in itself is surprising, given a world population of 7.7 billion, roughly half of which have a phallus. But apparently we males are reluctant to give up our manhood, even in death.
As the story develops, two donors emerge. One an elderly man well known in Iceland for the size of his member, and respected as a womanizer (he kept a lifelong diary of his encounters, some of whom appear in the film); he has agreed to make the donation posthumously. But he is not dying and as he ages the size of his penis is shrinking; it may not stay large enough to meet the minimum size standard established by Siggi. And a man in America who would have his penis and genitals removed surgically while still living; he however, has many conditions to which Siggi is reluctant to agree.
All of which is a setup for a weird drama, a cast of eccentrics, and a very engrossing film.
I loved it.