Mother of Tears may not stand tall in Argento’s body of viscera-laden work, but this final chapter of a loosely defined trilogy is refreshingly old school in its trashiness.
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10/18/08
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Mother of Tears (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 32
Rotten:34
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus: As excessive and ketchup laden as predecessors Suspiria and Inferno, Dario Argento's Mother of Tears completes the trilogy with the same baroque grandeur and soggy 1970s sensibilities.
Theatrical Release: Jun 6, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: The third installment in Italian horror master Dario Argento's Three Mothers saga, THE MOTHER OF TEARS is a gruesome and long-awaited treat for horror fans. Completing a loosely knit trilogy that began with SUSPIRIA (1977) and continued... [More]
Starring: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Udo Kier
Director: Dario Argento
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10/18/08
Argento's gothic hokey horror homage to sleazy sorceress boobs, demon damsels with too much makeup, and assorted cannibalistic weirdos run amok. Girl witches gone wild, Italian style.
09/24/08
... Argento's nightmare vision is vivid enough to overcome the weaker aspects and make this a commendable, if not entirely satisfying, closing to his supernatural trilogy.
09/19/08
I wanted this to be great. Hell, I would have settled for just above average. This just sucks. All of the key elements are in place -- a solid story, great gore F/X, good sound work ... everything except Dario.
09/16/08
We come to an Argento picture for the surreal, Baroque imagery, and though much here fits those descriptions, there's a great deal of it that's also quite gaudy and goofy and, dare I say, campy.
07/29/08
... the concluding chapter of Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy dispenses with the overt stylization of its predecessors ... in favor of a sobering dose of realism.
07/04/08
Mother of Tears is contrived, confused, clumsy, and quite simply dreadful.
07/03/08
Mother of Tears feels like a copy, like someone "doing Argento", instead of the real deal that it could have been.
07/03/08
Just as twisted, surprising and gruesome as anything that Argento has given us in the past and a more than worthy successor to its two predecessors.
07/01/08
So although Argento may not be in peak form, he does seem to be enjoying himself and there are still flashes of the old master.
06/27/08
A gruesome drama enacted by a cast that speaks English with a bewildering variety of accents, Mother of Tears is reliably gruesome and occasionally startling but not particularly scary.
06/26/08
Asia Argento's outright horrendous performance ruins what could have been a decent B-movie.
06/23/08
... goofy fun, in its own way. But it's the same goofy fun we've seen in dozens of other films for years now, by Argento and others.
06/20/08
In comparison to the majority of bland Hollywood widgets cranked out on a corporate conveyer belt, these mad, personal misfires are the real masterworks.
06/19/08
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September 24, 2008:
Argento's gothic hokey horror homage to sleazy sorceress boobs, demon damsels with too much makeup, and assorted cannibalistic weirdos run amok. Girl witches gone wild, Italian style. 
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June 09, 2008:
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June 05, 2008:
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May 20, 2008:
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(2008 USA release/UNrated)-Dario Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS won't sadden gore-hounds!
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(2008 USA release/UNrated)-Dario Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS won't sadden gore-hounds!
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(2008 USA release/UNrated)-Dario Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS won't sadden gore-hounds!
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(2008 USA release/UNrated)-Dario Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS won't sadden gore-hounds!
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