Skip to main content

Viewer Score

Be the first one to write a review for

Critic Score

52
Critics' score based on 18 reviews.
powered by Metacritic ™

Your Reviews

Showing 1 of (of )

Critic Reviews

The Mother of Tears is silly, awkward, vulgar, outlandish, hysterical, inventive, revolting, flamboyant, titillating, ridiculous, mischievous, uproarious, cheap, priceless, tasteless and sublime.Full Review

Nathan Lee
The New York Times

Witty to the point of hilarity, blood-soaked and thoroughly politically incorrect, Mother of Tears: The Third Mother follows 1970s cult classics "Suspiria" and "Inferno" to complete Argento's "Mother" trilogy.Full Review

Richard James Havis
The Hollywood Reporter

This hectic pileup of supernatural nonsense is a treasure trove of seemingly unintentional hilarity. Although lacking helmer's usual aesthetic panache, this "Mother" is a cheesy, breathless future camp classic.Full Review

Dennis Harvey
Variety

A gloriously tacky horror movie with an inclination toward the occult, The Mother of Tears hails from the Italian schlockmeister Dario Argento, who photographs his Euro movie star daughter, Asia Argento, with something more than paternal pride.Full Review

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Argento set a standard a lot of moviemakers are desperate to surpass. It's not simply that he's crazy about gore and supernatural hokum. It's that he understands that storytelling is both an art and a craft. His filmmaking carries you along on the illusion of effortlessness; amusement, suspense, a certain elegance follow.Full Review

Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
Showing 1 of (of )

Add Your Review for Mother of Tears