The Mother of Tears

2007 "What you see does not exist. What you cannot see is truth."
5| 1h42m| R| en| More Info
Released: 06 June 2008 Released
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An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

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Horror

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Dario Argento

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Myriad Pictures

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Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.
Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
jadflack-22130 I am not the biggest Dario Argento film fan, my favourites of his are Tenabrae, Suspiria, and Opera. " Mother Of Tears" is the third chapter in his " Three Mother" films the other two being " Suspiria" and " Inferno" which i didn't like much. Mother Of Tears" has a bad reputation and quite simply it deserves it.An incoherent, amateur and often pathetic mess of a film with awful, embarrassing acting from everyone. A couple of moments work, the gore though just looks fake, film's effect is just a wide sheet of flatness, and that ending??? Easily the least of the series, and people moan how bad his later " Dracula " was, it is a masterpiece compared to this.A really too generous fair rating.
morrison-dylan-fan Oct 2014:Watching the movie late at night for the 2014 October Horror Challenge on the IMDb Horror board (RIP) I found it to hardly leave me with any lasting memories, partly due to being tied,but also due to the flick being so disconnected from the other two in the series.Feb 9th 2017:Whilst trying to decide which of the last 4 titles (one alt cut,and two in need of re-watching) from auteur film maker Dario Argento,I read a review from a fellow IMDber on Argento's Dracula,who said it was not as "entertaining or gratuitous as his bonkers Mother of Tears." After reading this,I decided to pay another visit to the final mother with a new mindset.The plot:Sent an urn recently dug up that is believed to contain artefacts belonging to the mythical "Third Mother/Mother of Tears" Mater Lachrymarum, art restoration student Sarah Mandy opens the urn with a curator . Accidentally cutting herself during the opening, (woops!) Mandy's blood leads to Lachrymarum's henchmen coming to life and killing the curator. Running away,Mandy soon discovers from ghosts of the past that she is the only one who can stop the mother crying.View on the film:Whilst stripping the film of the distinctive appearance of Suspiria and Inferno,co-writer (along with Jace Anderson / Walter Fasano/ Adam Gierasch and Simona Simonetti) director Dario Argento & cinematographer Frederic Fasano unearth a dusty, golden appearance that keeps the horrors linked to the nightmare unearthed. Tearing the limbs out of anything even slightly subtle,Argento attacks the low budget for a piece of gloriously weird,pure Horror kitsch. Making the end of the world look like a Friday night out,Argento jumps over the limited extras with practical bonkers delights,from gallons of over the top gore and bad CGI ghosts,to a random cheeky monkey and the witches looking like a Goth band.Criss-crossed from various screenplays written over 30 years,the writers struggle to keep any of the original elements of the first two films intact,with bone-dry scenes involving "research" featuring characters showing illustrations in books for scenes the budget can't cover. Rolling down an Adventure Horror path,the writers push the mammoth flaws aside for hilariously odd shocks,that leaps from Mandy fighting hobos on the eve of the apocalypse,to Mandy being unable to spank a demonic monkey. Reuniting with her dad, (who lingers a bit too long at her naked body) sexy Asia Argento gives a fittingly peculiar performance as Mandy,who largely appears oddly relaxed at the end of the world,as her dad closes the urn on The Three Mothers.
insomniac_rod Ugh, the long awaited ending to one of the most gruesome and interesting trilogies in Horror cinema ends in very poor fashion.Argento applies the miseries of modern Horror such as terrible CGI, lousy characters, display of awful tendencies, and more. The Daria Niccolodi ghost reminded me of "Troll 2". Go figure. The dark-emo Asian girls were also horrible..But plot wise, "La Terza Madre" fails on every aspect. The story isn't well explained, there's no coherence in some events and everything gets solved ridiculously. Asia Argento is the best feature about it. But she needs to change her laugh!Nothing was left from "Suspiria" or "Inferno". This movie just reminds us that Dario has been past his best days. Sure, there are moments that keep faithful to the master such as violent and nasty death sequences (the lesbians torture was raw), a not so bad score, and beautiful colors.P.S. What was the problem with that monkey?!
Bjorn (ODDBear) I saw "Mother of Tears" about two years ago and resisted the urge to comment on it then. I've found that Argento's films almost always improve with repeated viewings and that's the case with this film. Overall the film is somewhat disappointing but the positives are larger in number than I originally thought. The biggest beef I have (and I base this on what I personally think rather than basing it on hard fact) is the rushed feel of the film. I remember reading that Argento was going to complete his "Three Mothers" trilogy and soon afterwards it was done. It opened to disastrous reviews and when I got my hands on it I basically jumped on the bandwagon and trashed it. A lot of stupid things here; horrible performances by Asia, Adam James and Cristian Solimendo, a completely clueless sequence of events, a miserable depiction of Daria Nicolodi as a friendly ghost, over-the-top gore, low budget that really hurts the look of the film, laughably funny depictions of deadly followers of The Mother of Tears who look like an Alice Cooper fan club, cringe-inducing dialog and a silly resolution. Well, fortunately time (and a second viewing) healed most of this. This isn't all bad - in fact - some of it's very good. What probably derailed me at the start is the way Argento chose to film this final chapter. He doesn't go for the dreamy and colorful visuals and unearthly atmosphere like in "Suspiria" and "Inferno" but rather plays it pretty straight; with plain daylight scenes a plenty and a no-frills display of the night scenes (curiously he does insert a soundtrack very reminiscent of "Suspiria" (the WITCH...creepy voice) and it only serves as a reminder of the original masterpiece; so I question his wisdom there). Look-wise this film looks more like "The Card Player" and "Do You Like Hitchcock?", in short; like latter day Argento. With this in mind I was very irritated with the opening gore filled entrance of the Witch's evil minions who quite nastily dismember a woman. But in fact it's not a fault but a logical continuation of the "Three Mothers trilogy" as these stories are "Nightmares caught on film" and therefore; don't really follow any straight logic. I just wish Dario had chose to film this with more color-insanity and dreamlike atmosphere; it would have fitted better there. I blame this on rushing things. While there are visuals here to admire (the steady cam shot of Asia entering the Witch's lair a particular fav), this feels rushed. An obvious low budget does hinder Argento in displaying convincingly a second fall of Rome due to the Witch's arrival. And on that subject; the Witch's groupies are really laugh-inducing; and in a bad way. A second viewing does not change that but merely confirms it. Anyway; talking about the story and the script. It's best to think of them as separate entities. The original story concerning the Three Mothers and their evil influences from different parts of the world is very strong and compelling. "Mother of Tears" nicely ties all films together and there's a great scene at the hour mark where Asia's character reads an alchemist's book on the buildings constructed for the evil witches. But the script is shoddily written, has numerous moments of silly dialog and a very silly conclusion.But in the spirit of it's superior predecessors the film is best enjoyed when thinking of it as a nightmare caught on film. The loose logic of events actually serve as a plus and do manage to generate a few uneasy moments for the viewer. The gore (and there's plenty of it) is well done and it's long been said that The Mother of Tears was the most vicious of the Three. So the gore maybe isn't too out of place. In the end; "Mother of Tears" is an enjoyable Argento film. There's no denying the fact that for it's entire running time there isn't a dull moment and there's always something happening. Asia's performance improved on second viewing (but it's far from great) but Adam James is still intolerable. A larger budget and a more relaxed filming schedule is something I personally think would have resulted in a better film (along with a better written script) but it's fairly good nonetheless. It's been said that Argento's admirers are also his fiercest critics but thankfully we know from experience that there's always more to his films than is perceived on initial viewing. Maybe the third time I give this a spin I'll be completely blown away. Stranger things...