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Mother Of Tears [2007] [DVD]

Cristian Solimeno , Udo Kier , Dario Argento    Suitable for 18 years and over   DVD
2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Cristian Solimeno, Udo Kier, Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Adam James
  • Directors: Dario Argento
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 April 2008
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001563I0W
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,603 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Final part of Dario Argento's 'The Three Mothers' trilogy. Asia Argento stars as Sarah Mandy, an American studying art restoration at the Museum of Ancient Art in Rome. When Sarah examines an urn discovered at a decrepit grave near Viterbo, she uncovers within it relics of a witch known as the Mother of Tears (Moran Atias). Breaking the seal results in the return of the beautiful witch's powers, and the world descends into chaos.

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33 of 42 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Shameful 4 May 2008
By P. Sanders VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Let me make this clear, I am not just a fan of the supposed "classic" Argento. Yeas I love "Suspiria" and especially "Profondo Rosso", but I also have a lot of time for the likes of "Trauma", "Nonhosonno", "Stendhal Syndrome", "Opera" and "Phenomena" (though I can also see and acknowledge the flaws in his work). "The Card Player" was sadly a tired, bloodless (in every way) giallo most of the time (again lumbered with bad dubbing in places - the Argento curse) but even it had the odd stylish setpiece. "Jenifer", his entry in the first season of "Masters of Horror" was, I felt, quite a return to form - dreamlike, stylish and downright nasty.

I had read mixed reviews for "The Mother of Tears". Many early reviews were downright hostile. Not unusual for Argento, I thought. And even a flawed Argento is still interesting. And then I saw a few positive fan reviews so I decided to give it a chance.

What a mistake-a to make-a.

This is dire, a mess of a film with nothing going for it. I didn't expect it to have the same stylistic look as "Suspiria" or "Inferno", the first two in the "Three Mothers Trilogy", but this film looks like it was written and directed by a ten year old kid. It's badly made in nearly every way and JUST NOT SCARY. The first two films were more atmosphere than plot (which is fine, it suits the nightmarish aspects of the films), but this one does have more plot. The problem is it's so hackneyed and basic, yet still clumsy and badly told. The special effects are terrible too - yes the gore is back but so what? It's laughable and badly made. And as for those witches! They were the most embarrassing panto villains ever.

There is no excuse. No redeeming factor. If anyone else had directed this travesty it would have been forgotten. Argento has a lot to prove from here-on in...
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars It certainly made me want to cry.... 20 May 2010
By Jeremy W. Newbould TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
"Mother Of Tears" is Dario Argento's long-awaited follow-up to "Suspiria" (1977) and "Inferno" (1980) and is the third part of his "Three Mothers" trilogy.

"MOT" begins with the discovery of an ancient urn in Viterbo Cemetery, in Rome. The Monsignor sends the urn with a letter to his friend Michael Pierce (Adam James), who is the curator of a local museum. When the urn arrives at the museum, Michael is not around but two of his colleagues, Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) and Giselle Mares (Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni), are enveloped by an overriding sense of curiosity about it and decide to open the urn in Michael's absence. This is akin to opening Pandora's Box because the urn belongs to The Mother Of Tears (or Mater Lachrymarum, to give her her Latin name), an ancient witch with evil powers, and opening it causes all Hell to break loose. Shortly after opening the urn and discovering its strange contents, Giselle is brutally murdered in the museum by a bunch of Mater Lachrymarum's demonic disciples (there aren't too many movies that show someone being strangled with their own intestines). Sarah witnesses her colleague's death but she manages to escape after hearing a strange, distant voice and a series of locked doors in the musuem corridors miraculously open. Later, she tells the police what happened but they are more than a little sceptical.

Meanwhile, in Rome, people are committing random acts of brutality, rape and murder (but isn't that just a normal day in Rome?) and the forces of evil begin to gather. Can Sarah, with the assistance of the spirit of her dead mother (Daria Nicolodi), find the lair of The Mother of Tears and stop her from spreading her evil throughout the world? Her quest leads her to various locations and strange characters who usually end up being gruesomely murdered after she meets them. Sarah eventually finds the large old building that is home to the witch and her followers but can she find a way of defeating them?

Let me get straight to the point in my assessment of "MOT". It is a MASSIVE disappointment and is nowhere near in the same class as "Suspiria" and "Inferno". Dario should have made this film in the early 1980s, shortly after "Inferno", when he was at the peak of his powers as a writer and director. Why he waited so long (nearly 30 years) to make this third installment is anybody's guess. "Suspiria" and "Inferno" had great style, were visually stunning and contained some remarkable set-pieces. Alas, this is not the case with "MOT". The use of music in these films is also very important. "Suspiria" had a terrifying and highly-original score by the rock band Goblin and "Inferno" featured a superb orchestral score by Keith Emerson. Unfortunately, the score for "MOT", by the usually-reliable Claudio Simonetti, often sounds like a poor pastiche of Jerry Goldsmith's music for "The Omen". With "Suspiria" and "Inferno" Dario showed great inventiveness as a director. His use of colour and lighting in these films is dazzling and he possesses the rare ability to make even the most mundane scenes seem interesting. His directorial style in "MOT" seems heavy-handed in comparison.

"MOT" is Dario Argento at his most frustrating and annoying because his fans and critics know that he is capable of producing things so much better than this. Prior to "MOT" I would have said that Dario Argento's worst film was his 1998 version of "The Phantom Of The Opera" but at least that film had a fine music score by Ennio Morricone. "MOT" has virtually no redeeming qualities at all and contains some of Dario's daftest ideas since his 1984 film "Phenomena" (a.k.a. "Creepers"). Are modern horror film audiences really expected to swallow the fact that Sarah, a museum worker, can suddenly make herself invisible? Some of the acting in "MOT" is atrocious. Adam James as Michael is exceptionally bad and some of the actors that play the witch's disciples are pretty dire too (one of them looks like former Serie A football referee, Pier Luigi Collina) and they are more laughable than scary. The normally beautiful and sexy Asia Argento looks awful in this film. Was she deliberately meant to appear haggard-looking? Some of Argento's previously-used actors and actresses come off the best in terms of the acting honours in this movie - namely Udo Kier, Daria Nicolodi and Coralina Cataldi-Tassori, but they all only appear very briefly. In my opinion, Dario would have been better off not making this film at all rather than waiting this long to make it. It contains none of the flair that Dario became noted for with his classic giallo films and horror movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Will we ever see again from Dario another film as good as his last truly great work "Opera" (1987), I wonder?

If you are a fan of Argento's work then you will still probably want to check out "MOT" and make your own mind up about it but, I for one, was very disappointed and saddened by it.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Disappointingly, the long awaited third mother is not destined for many must see lists of horror films. A supernatural tale of good witch versus bad witch in which the biggest baddest mother of all witches is unleashed on the World after a powerful magic earn falls into the possession of her sadistic monkey... There are no real plot twists that are not familiar to anyone who has stumbled across the occassional episode of Buffy or Charmed.
Argento seems to have struggled to adapt the mother sequence for the 21st century. By dropping the psychedelic atmosphere, and the bold almost art over substance set piece death scenes present in Suspiria, Argento has stripped the finale of its essential ingredients. Although fans of gore may be partly satisfied (there is an early murder scene in which a woman is strangled with her own intestines) there is little else to quench the desires of giallo/Argento fans.
Suspiria remains a classic of inspired genius. Mother of Tears just goes to show that such flashes of genius are sparks ignited from within and not formulaic structured events. Inferno, though not as good as Suspiria, still retains an atmospheric beauty.
However, is Mother of Tears entertaing? Yes. Just don't expect too much.
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3.0 out of 5 stars ARGENTO LEARNED TO EDIT
MOTHER OF TEARS is better than the second title in the series INFERNO, but by far not as good as SUSPERIA. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Sick-o
1.0 out of 5 stars Oh dear??
What can i say?? Being a die hard DA fan I thought i would finally take the plunge and get this LONG awaited third installment of the 'Three Mothers' trilogy. Read more
Published 3 months ago by darrenthewinner
5.0 out of 5 stars "..GREAT HORROR.."
This film is quite a gem, one of those films that slips out on dvd and leaves you thinking is it any good? and YES it is amazing! this film is intended for HARDCORE HORROR FANS! Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Drury
4.0 out of 5 stars Silly Over The Top Fun
OK I will keep this short and sweet MOT is not as good as Susperia nor Inferno and has a very different feel to both of those classic pieces of Argento HOWEVER to enjoy this film... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Martin Nitram Wad
3.0 out of 5 stars Great B movie horror
If this were some unheard of director I'd throw it an extra star but as its Argento (who I like) it could have been better. Read more
Published 19 months ago by jamo
3.0 out of 5 stars The 'Showgirls' of horror.
I've just finished watching 'MOT' (Argento needs one) and I have a flood of mixed emotions. Firstly, I should point out that 'Suspiria' and 'Inferno' are two of my favourite... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2011 by Ian Armer
1.0 out of 5 stars running time...
Having bought this twice now, at varying running times, i see the unrated us version is listed as 102 mins long. how come this one (same cover) is only offered as 100 mins? Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2010 by Ad Hilditch
4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated Gem
I can't understand why this film has come in for so much abuse. Most probably it's because of the high bar set by its two predecessors in the "Mothers" trilogy, "Suspiria" and... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Mikey C
1.0 out of 5 stars Maestro my foot
It amazes me how some fan reviewers refer to Dario Argento as 'the maestro'. Maestro of what exactly? Have they not seen Trauma, Phantom of the Opera or this joke of a horror film? Read more
Published on 9 April 2009 by Leeam
1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BOTHER - this is pretty rubbish, and I LIKE Argento !!!
The long-awaited third part of the Suspiria/Inferno "trilogy"
This is HUGELY DISAPPOINTING. None of the invention, flair, or visually interesting qualities of the other... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by Pob75
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