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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThe Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisWitty 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.
- 90The New York TimesNathan LeeThe New York TimesNathan LeeThe Mother of Tears is silly, awkward, vulgar, outlandish, hysterical, inventive, revolting, flamboyant, titillating, ridiculous, mischievous, uproarious, cheap, priceless, tasteless and sublime.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe first two thirds are gangbusters, with marauding bands of tarted-up young witches who look only slightly less scary than Lindsay Lohan and her pals on an average night.
- 80SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekSo unapologetically loopy and lush and ridiculous that I found it irresistible.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis 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.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA 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.
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasCompared to a recent Argento dud like "The Stendhal Syndrome," Mother Of Tears at least has some of the go-for-broke gothic spirit of his earlier work. He's just lost the ability to shape it into something artful.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceA 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.
- 20Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayThis lurid celebration of shock, schlock and the shamelessly perverse finds the 67-year-old grandfather of torture porn scraping the bottom of his admittedly limited creative barrel.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAt 67, maestro Argento's taste still runs toward bloody entrails and eye-gougings, but Asia's sexy sour-lemon smile is underused in his movies.