[7][8] The film was originally scheduled to be released theatrically on 25 March 2020 but was postponed due to the French government's decision to close cinemas in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The website's consensus reads, "Mama Weed fails to fully engage with its themes -- but that's a relatively small quibble with Isabelle Huppert in the central role.

"[13] According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 9 critics, the film received "generally favorable reviews".

[14] Mama Weed received an average rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 33 reviews.

[15] Nathalie Simon of Le Figaro wrote, "Jean-Paul Salomé's comedy about drug trafficking skillfully mixes the policier genre and humour".