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Mother of Tears (2008)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:34
Rotten:35
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... [More]
Starring: Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Udo Kier
Director: Dario Argento
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Reviews for Mother of Tears
... 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
Italian director Dario Argento is revered by hard-core horror fans for his gothic, over-the-top thrillers, but even the patience of his most devoted followers will be sorely tested by Mother of Tears: The Third Mother.
06/05/08
could Argento really, like his Mater Lachrymarum, be returning to bring a second reign of blood, chaos and terror to the world? Or will he, like his heroine Sarah, find himself once again wading through shit? The truth lies somewhere in between.
04/17/08
The best thing about Dario Argento’s The Mother of Tears is that it ends.
06/04/08
Asia Argento's outright horrendous performance ruins what could have been a decent B-movie.
06/23/08
It's hard to find lines and performances like Mother of Tears outside of anything that doesn't come with a XXX rating.
06/06/08
Mother of Tears feels like a copy, like someone "doing Argento", instead of the real deal that it could have been.
07/03/08
The Argento touch -- that florid stylishness that made gore and bloodshed feel like the stuff of gorgeously transfixing but profoundly disquieting dreams -- is mostly gone.
06/04/08
This long-awaited final offering about the apocalyptic second sacking of Rome by an unholy pack of demons gets lost in the back alleys of ’70s-era Italian horror films and unconvincing Cinecittŕ Studio sets.
06/06/08
not nearly enough action and gore, and there's far too much time spent on uncovering secrets and tracking down random tidbits
06/05/08
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
Mother of Tears puts a dent in Argento's rep as a horror maestro.
09/30/08
That old Argento black magic, literally and figuratively, is still AWOL.
06/05/08
The visual mastery that not only excused but actually elevated the illogic of the first two installments of the trilogy is absent here.
06/19/08
One can only guess at whether director Argento meant the laughs for a campy production or whether the audience guffaws are unintentional.
05/19/08
A real shame.
07/15/08
A once-great director's near-worst work passes through its funhouse plumbing and emerges from the crapper as intentional mischief: self-sabotage explained away as mad genius.
06/04/08
Top CriticMuch of this spooky-spirits-in-Rome chiller is by the numbers.
06/06/08
A kinky alternative to The Da Vinci Code for conspiracy theorists with cast iron stomachs.
06/04/08
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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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