The Mother of Tears is silly, awkward, vulgar, outlandish, hysterical, inventive, revolting, flamboyant, titillating, ridiculous, mischievous, uproarious, cheap, priceless, tasteless and sublime.Read Full Review »
80
Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
So unapologetically loopy and lush and ridiculous that I found it irresistible.Read Full Review »
75
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
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.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
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.Read Full Review »
70
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Although The Mother of Tears teeters on the preposterous and awkward, it is diverting and reveals that the filmmaker's signature bravura flourishes and use of sinister settings are still intact.Read Full Review »
67
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
As a lissome art restorer, Asia Argento (the director's daughter) comes off as the sanest human on screen, which is pretty scary.Read Full Review »
30
Village Voice: Jim Ridley
A 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.Read Full Review »
20
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
This 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.Read Full Review »
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