Brogan Luke Bouwhuis InBetweenDrafts Nov 27, 2025 8/10

It knows exactly what it is and who it’s for and it never pretends to be anything else.

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Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies Jul 23, 2023 2.5/5

With absolutely no pretensions that it’s anything but one big joke, the makers of "Mad Heidi" take the beloved character from children’s literature and turn her into a figure of vengeance.

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Andy Klein FilmWeek (LAist) Jul 22, 2023

I loved Mad Heidi. This could be a classic midnight movie.

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Q.V. Hough Vague Visages Jul 21, 2023

A wink-of-the-eye film like Mad Heidi benefits from familiarity and claustrophobia.

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Matt Hudson What I Watched Tonight Jul 21, 2023 7.5/10

A crazy film that deserves to garner a cult following - it’s bonkers, it's big, it's brash, and it’s definitely not perfect but it is a lot of fun (and who doesn’t like seeing the fascists get their comeuppance?)

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Stefan Birgir Stefans sbs.is Jul 20, 2023 3/5

All in all, it’s a fun romp. You’ve got great acting, great visuals and absurd scenes like execution by Toblerone, so it’s easy to recommend.

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Tyler Doupe Dread Central Jul 6, 2023 3/5

‘Mad Heidi’ should appeal to anyone with questionable taste and a twisted sense of humor.

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Kelly Vance East Bay Express Jun 22, 2023

Mad Heidi imagines what would happen if Shirley Temple grew up to become a revolutionary, fighting against an insidious corporation intent on corrupting Switzerland’s famous Emmentaler cheese.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Jun 22, 2023

It’s an ersatz grindhouse movie whose 92 minutes might better have been reduced to the enticing cheese of a mock trailer in Tarantino’s 2007 Grindhouse anthology.

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Bobby LePire Film Threat Jun 21, 2023 10/10

The acting, effects, cinematography, and world-building are all incredible from start to finish.

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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Jun 21, 2023 3/5

Hartmann and Klopfstein have clearly done their homework and put great effort into recreating the grindhouse experience...It’s all glaringly self-aware and it’s custom made to be seen with an audience who knows exactly what they’re in for.

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Kyle Logan ScreenAnarchy Jun 21, 2023

All of this silliness makes the film a joy for fans of exploitation films. Which makes it all the more disappointing that there’s some unnecessary racial ickiness included as well.

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Joe Friar Fort Worth Report Jun 20, 2023 3/4

You may develop lactose intolerance after viewing the over-the-top comedy filled with zombies, female bodybuilders, ninja nuns, and plenty of gore. Shot in the tone and style of 70s grindhouse cinema with solid performances by Alice Lucy and Max Rüdlinger

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Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Jun 20, 2023

Here’s a case where the premise is far better than the finished product, which turns out to be an unfortunate example of what happens when a movie is simply trying too hard to be clever (and fails).

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Dan Tabor Cinapse Jun 20, 2023

Mad Heidi was a pure dose of old school sleaze, that from start to finish as its trying to hit every sub-genre, while continually upping the madness.

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Peter Sobczynski The Spool Jun 20, 2023

The problem with Mad Heidi isn’t that it’s trash—it’s that it’s cut-rate trash that tries way too hard without being near as wild or as provocative as it seems to think it is.

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Ian Simmons Kicking the Seat Jun 20, 2023 4.5/5

For those looking for more than processed meat on the bones of their over-the-top entertainment, Mad Heidi may represent yet another new sub-genre: Thoughtsploitation.

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Nathaniel Muir AIPT Jun 19, 2023

A love letter to the exploitation films of past days. Alice Lucy proves herself to be a capable action star in a story filled with memorable characters. It is refreshing to see modern cinema so readily look to the 70s for inspiration.

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KT Mahe For Your Reference Podcast Jun 14, 2023 4/5

It stretches the imagination and the format of whatever you think is possible in a film.

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Oti For Your Reference Podcast Jun 14, 2023 3.5/5

Cheese-balls-to-the-wall movie! It took us on a wild ride I didn't expect or anticipate.

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