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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796019815277
Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Weinstein Company
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
MPN: 81527
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/23/2008 Rating: Ur
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After waiting 28 years for the third feature in Dario Argento's Mother trilogy, die-hard fans (like myself) flocked to theaters to catch Mother of Tears. The anticipatory set-up, for example reconciling in advance that the film will look entirely different, and probably less sexy, than the first two Giallo classics, Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980), induced anxieties in viewers that many of us hoped would enhance the film's horror and suspense. So revered are Suspiria and Inferno that one needs an extremely open mind to avoid instantly turning Mother of Tears off, now that it's available on DVD, and chucking the disc out the window, insulted by its comparison to the previous two movies. From scene one, in which a psychotic, villainous monkey stalks Asia Argento, playing protagonist Sarah Mandy, through Rome's Natural History Museum, one realizes this film can only go downhill. Without the colored lights, the stylized 1970s horror aesthetic, or the terrifyingly fetishtistic speed metal/electronica soundtrack pounding during the chase, the mood is simply corny. Regarding the monkey, try to remember that an oddly elegant and intelligent crow ate an eyeball to great effect in Argento's, Terror at the Opera. Argento has always favored animals to represent unwilling witnesses. The plot itself is also typically Argento and does follow-up: After a tainted red tunic is discovered in a cemetery, the third and last witch, Mother Lachrimarum (Moran Atias), is awaken from her catacombs beneath a mansion that she and her two deceased witch consorts, Mater Tenebrarum, the Mother of Darkness/Shadows, and Mater Suspiriorum, the Mother of Sighs, long ago recruited an architect to build. The Mother of Tears has beef with Sarah Mandy, due to Sarah's heritage, and the unholy black witch relentlessly pursues Mandy until Mandy is forced to fight head-on. Mandy's boyfriend, Michael Pierce (Adam James), is not much help, nor is Padre Johannes (Udo Kier), which makes sense; Argento's films are all about empowered female characters, vengeful victims and ruthless criminals alike. Perhaps the flaw here is Argento's casting of his daughter, and her inability to render that illicit sexual tension that the puerile Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) once did in the halls of her bewitched boarding school. Even Mother Lachrimarum's young recruits, such as the Gothic and Lolita-style Katerina (Jun Ichikawa), are dumb-looking with their colored contacts and peacock hairstyles. There is only one character, the elder white witch Marta Colussi (Valeria Cavalli), who has the sexual draw to enchant Argento style, but she is short-lived. The CG effects employed throughout, especially in regards to the ghoulish antics happening amongst the Goth witch posse, are just plain bad. Only a few shots of gore really spook, and to be fair, they are lasting images. But the only semi-interesting this about the Mother of Tears DVD is the interview extra with the man himself, who is still master even if he makes a few stinkers. --Trinie Dalton
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Rating:  -
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Set in present day Rome, a large chest is unearthed in an old cemetery and is sent to Rome's Natural History Museum for inspection. Once it is opened by an unsuspecting archeologist (who meets a heck of a demise BTW), it re-awakens the last surviving Black Witch known as Mater Lachrimarum (Mother of Tears) and restores her powers. She then summons all witches from every corner of the globe to travel to Rome and witness her return. In the meantime, Rome becomes engulfed ... Read More
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OK it's Not Suspiria but it's a good film and fits right in with the Mother trilogy. If you like Suspiria and Inferno you will like Mother of Tears. Only bad thing about this film is that the FX are not that great.
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Wow, how many writers did it take to write this mess? Why was Daria Nicolodi not involved in the writing process on this film? Not to take anything away from the great accomplishments of a filmmaking legend like Dario Argento but Nicolodi's writing presence was greatly missed in this final installment in the Three Mothers trilogy. Mother of Tears just doesn't have the impact that Suspiria and Inferno had and the only missing component is Dario Nicolodi.
The acting is on again, off again, accents ... Read More
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Wow, where do I start with this one? Like every other Argento fan on the planet I waited with bated breathe for this release and wow, how have the mighty fallen! In a word, i'd describe this as ludicrous. Gone are the creative camera movement innovations Dario was once known for. Acting, as usual for an Argento film,is uneven. I found Asia to be one of the bigger offenders (the films star!), as her acting was stilted at best and just dreadful & (dare I say) amateurish at its worst! Much fun to see Udo Kier in ... Read More
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This is a good film. Argento is a great filmnaker. If you like Suspiria and Inferno then you need to see Mother of Tears. I think it fits right in.
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