User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 57
  2. Negative: 4 out of 57

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  1. robert
    Dec 4, 2003
    6
    the music's good and the lyrics suck
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Greendale is a bonkers, utterly headstrong conceit. Let's hope that Neil Young never stops having them. [Sep 2003, p.111]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    42
    About the time an FBI agent shoots the heroine's cat, prior to a Hair-style love-in finale, you'll know you and Young have weathered his career low point together. [19 Sep 2003, p.86]
  3. It all adds up to a very good record -- one that is interesting, and one that satisfies musically.