Mother of Tears

Myriad Pictures | Release Date: June 6, 2008

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Ratings

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derelictd.Jun 20, 2008

This movie is a hoot, full-stop.

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ChanningT.Jun 24, 2008

A super entertaining film. A fitting finale to the trilogy and a much better film than INFERNO. Loved it!

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TheQuietGamerMar 7, 2022

This long-delayed third and final entry in Dario Argento's Three Mother's trilogy was always going to be held under a fair amount of scrutiny. The original film Suspiria remains one of the most celebrated works in all of horror to this veryThis long-delayed third and final entry in Dario Argento's Three Mother's trilogy was always going to be held under a fair amount of scrutiny. The original film Suspiria remains one of the most celebrated works in all of horror to this very day, and it's sequel Inferno, while nowhere near as acclaimed, still carries a respectable reputation among the hardcore genre enthusiasts. Due the amount of time between releases and the relative critical slump Argento had been on at that point, one could argue The Mother of Tears was always destined to fail for not coming out when the demand for it was at its highest.

The premise is certainly great. When a collection of ancient artifacts belonging to the "Mater Lachrymarum" is uncovered, Rome is cast into a hellish spiral of madness and brutality as the witch reclaims her missing items of power. Children are devoured, infants are thrown off bridges, people are strangled by demons with their own intestines, and ritualistic spears are shoved up women's vaginas. It's pretty freaking awesome! Unfortunately the enjoyment is bogged down by the dull plotting.

The script gets points for being more intelligible than Inferno, but man is it far less interesting. It's a lot of watching characters have boring conversations meant to explain all the nonsense happening as the protagonist moves around between various sources of information before they're inevitably slaughtered. The acting in which is terrible across-the-board, with the most painful coming from Dario's own daughter Asia in the lead role. It constantly left me desperately awaiting the next sight of gore or nudity that makes Italian horror cinema so much fun.

Also, where's the style? Its predecessors are known for their giallo use of color and music. Mother of Tears has none of that, coming off as rather drab in comparison.

What it does have though are some unforgettable displays of savagery and skin. Showing that its legendary director's eye for violence and titillation we're still very much intact even is his sense of art and storytelling we're not. The regrettable lack of them though makes it hard to recommend this concluding chapter that came out way later than it should have after its creator's skills had begun to decline. I can't imagine having waited close to thirty years for THIS!

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PanchogulFeb 27, 2021

Visualmente explícita y violenta, pero de ahí no pasa, parece cualquier cosa menos una película de Argento, hace un muy mal tercio al lado de Suspiria e Inferno.

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RicoOct 2, 2008

Maybe strictly for Argento fans. I count myself in that group. I didn't expect the humor. Much better than many recent Argento films.

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JayH.Sep 18, 2008

The only Dario Argento film I have really enjoyed is "Do You Like Hitchcock". I found Mother of Tears to be rather mundane and preposterous. I never could get involved in the film. Plenty of gore, little substance.

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McCorpseJan 27, 2013

luckily the gore in this movie makes you forget about how boring everything else was. And I mean that as literaly as you can take it, whenever something gory was happening i completly forgot that i was almost falling asleep leading up to it.luckily the gore in this movie makes you forget about how boring everything else was. And I mean that as literaly as you can take it, whenever something gory was happening i completly forgot that i was almost falling asleep leading up to it. Good stuff, clevers to the face, repetedly...limbs being chopped off, skin peeled, and people being 'skewered'. Did I make my point? this movie has good gore. But then i regress, the acting was absolutly terrible and would cause me to constantly lose interest, tiss a shame but i recall that happening in most giallo horror. Another possitive however would be the nudity. Most of the female characters in the movie get naked so thats nice to see and Mr. Argento even tosses in a pointless scene of his real life daughter in the shower. Thanks bro. One other thing i found odd however was the random demons they would through in when this is suppose to be a witch movie. It didnt fit right to me. The first three were fine but then there was a moment where you saw one in a reflection in a mirror, or in the reflection of someones sunglasses or i believe there was one dream sequence with a completly unneeded demon. They just didnt fit with the rest of the movie. Oh well, i wouldnt say this movie was terrible but it just seemed to have so much potential that was dragged down by terrible acting and 'dry' scenes.… Expand

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marcmyworksMay 3, 2014

This unfortunate finale to "The Three Mothers" trilogy relies too heavily on gore, cheap special effects and digital remastering rather than storyline and plot. A magic tunic that brings back the most evil of the Mothers and causes Rome to beThis unfortunate finale to "The Three Mothers" trilogy relies too heavily on gore, cheap special effects and digital remastering rather than storyline and plot. A magic tunic that brings back the most evil of the Mothers and causes Rome to be taken over my witches. I would have ripped that thing up in the first 10 minutes.… Expand

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S1r-R34lMar 30, 2017

This is the third instalment in The Three Mothers Trilogy and it's the worst. Gone are Dario Argento's artistic style and musicality, which added so much to Suspiria and Inferno. Instead, we get a pretty bland "gritty" horror. Even thoughThis is the third instalment in The Three Mothers Trilogy and it's the worst. Gone are Dario Argento's artistic style and musicality, which added so much to Suspiria and Inferno. Instead, we get a pretty bland "gritty" horror. Even though the wonderful though-out death scenes are also gone, there are still a couple of nice "Oh My God" deaths. Loved the train toilet door kill and eye gouge. Not the best and quite a let down after such a long wait.… Expand

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