Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

TheLittleSongbird Heidi as a book was a childhood favourite and still is a timeless classic. This version with Shirley Temple was also a favourite as a child and is still a delight, whether you've read the book or not. It is true that it is not the truest to the book, with some darker elements that didn't feel shoe-horned and far from traumatising, but that really doesn't matter, you can still love the book and also love the film. There could have been more of the relationship between Heidi and her grandfather(but it is still really touching) and the musical number In Our Little Wooden Shoes while catchy, well-staged and cute didn't add a whole lot to the story, in fact really it was irrelevant. Everything else is fine, and I found it superior to the 1993 Noley Thornton version(which was still good), it doesn't feel over-dramatic even with the added darker parts, the characters are far more truthfully and sympathetically written with much more of a character journey with the grandfather and there's more heart. Heidi is a lovely film to look at, being crisply and lovingly filmed, scenery that makes you wish you were right there and the costumes give a genuine sense of time and place(they look good too, yes even Heidi's poor clothes). The music is whimsical and sparkling, the dialogue has a very good balance of funny and meaningful and the story essentially has every bit the charm, heart-warming sentiment and emotion that the book has, the ending is well and truly sweet and not tacky. The sled chase, any scene with Fraulein Rottenmeier and the monkey are standout scenes. Heidi is briskly directed with enough time for the story to resonate and for the actors to really go for it. Jean Hersholt plays grumpy and heartfelt beautifully, while reclusive there is a real sense that he cares for Heidi and she for him. Mary Nash is the very meaning of beastly- living aptly up to her character's name- and absolutely relishes it, while Arthur Treacher is hilarious as the butler Andrews and Marcia Mae Jones is an affecting Klara. But it's Shirley Temple's film, she's adorable and while she manages to be charming and have wonderful comic timing she is equally good at displaying an emotional side, her acting in the scene in the police station(another memorable scene) is just heart-breaking. While she is the main attraction of the film, the other characters and actors are just as believable to not make Heidi too much of a Shirley Temple show. All in all, delightful and a Shirley Temple classic, one of her best possibly. 9/10 Bethany Cox

JLRMovieReviews Shirley Temple, arguably the world's greatest child star ever, stars in the beloved children's story, Heidi. I say the greatest child star, despite the fact that no one today can really understand the impact she made on moviegoers in the early days of the 1930s, when the depression hit; she was a bright spot in some very bleak days, when many maybe couldn't afford to go to the movies or decided they would find a way just to see their favorite stars. Miss Shirley Temple was one such star. Parents named their children after her, like Shirley Jones and Shirley MacLaine for example. And, she was honored with a special Juvenile Oscar Award in 1935 for her contribution to movies. But getting to Heidi, the movie. This is a good example of how sentimental her movies are, sometime being overly so and some would say manipulatively so, as they don't make movies like that anymore. But Heidi is taken to live with her grandfather, played by Jean Hersholt, who is reputed to be a mean old man, who disowned his son when he married a young lady he didn't like. When they died, she is then taken to her grandfather by an Aunt. Many an old heart can that little girl melt. But the plot doesn't stop there. She is then separated from him and goes to live with a sickly girl who is in need of friendship. But when the nanny, who doesn't want the sick girl to get well and has her own agenda, played wickedly good by Mary Nash, doesn't like Shirley's optimism and gaiety helping her girl to recover, things happen and with no holds barred. Oh, and Arthur Treacher is hilarious as the butler. Melodramatic stuff? Yes! Subtle? No! But this film has heart and you can't complain about Shirley Temple, who's as genuine as can be. Watch Heidi and see just how sweet Shirley Temple was and how she can captivate an audience and tug at your heart.

wes-connors An unloving aunt deposits cute orphan Shirley Temple (as Heidi) with crusty old grandfather Jean Hersholt (as Adolph Kramer) in the Swiss Alps. People in the small town are concerned about Ms. Temple upbringing, because Mr. Hersholt has become a bitter hermit; he doesn't talk to townsfolk anymore, and has stopped going to church. Not to worry. Hersholt's heart melts as Ms. Temple sings and saunters around the house. She is impossible not to love. Thanks to Temple, Hersholt rediscovers his faith in Jesus Christ (who appears on a bookmark). Temple brings Hersholt to Church, leading the congregation to sing a beautiful hymn.Then, Temple's nasty aunt returns from Germany. She takes her niece away from Hersholt, having "sold" her as a companion for crippled young Marcia Mae Jones (as Klara Sesemann). Temple is placed in the care of reliably nasty Mary Nash (as Fräulein Rottenmeier, a name Mel Brooks most surely treasured). Temple befriends Ms. Jones, and inspires her to try to walk again. Of course, Hersholt is devastated. He asks God for help in finding Temple, and Temple prays hard, too… This interpretation of Johanna Spyri's novel "Heidi" makes its protagonist almost Christ-like, and omits much. But, Temple is at her best throughout.****** Heidi (10/15/37) Allan Dwan ~ Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Mary Nash, Marcia Mae Jones

jootes-garland Yes, another very good Shirley Temple movie. I must say I love all Shirley movies, I don't have a "favorite" one(except for the very first movie of hers I saw, which is very close to my heart), but Heidi is a great movie and I think everybody must see it.Heidi's an orphaned girl who lived with her aunt for six years. Then the aunt got a job and she had to live with her grandfather, a very unsociable man, who have a terrible humor and hates everyone. He lives in the mountains. Later, the aunt comes back to take Heidi to the big city to be the playmate of a girl that can't walk.I think this is one of the greatest(if it's not the best)Shirley's acting performances. In that movie she shows that she's not just a cute little girl that can tap dance and smile! She shows she's a good actress. A very good actress. I just think that only one sing-and-dance number's not enough for a Shirley Temple movie -- but the only sing-and-dance number in that film is great("In our little Wooden shoes").That story was adored by me when I was a kid. I saw an animated version, the 1970's movie version and I read the book. When I became a Shirley Temple fan and noticed that she'd played Heidi, I said "WOW! Shirley played Heidi!" and after I saw that movie I absolutely 'fell in love' with Shirley.There are some parts of the film that make me cry, like the Christmas scene and the ending scene(apart from Shirley's cute smile of course!).Anyway, a very good movie. Enjoyable, happy, and with the great Child-Star Shirley Temple starring in it. Anyone who wants to watch this film with the kids but think they won't like because it's black-and-white, just try. I'm sure they'll get into the story and that they'll love it!