Click to read the article
Comment
04/29/09
Neil Young - Greendale (2004)
35 %
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 17
Rotten:31
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus: Strictly for Neil Young fans only.
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Using the music from his acclaimed "Greendale" album, Neil Young turned the themes from the record into this epic drama. The story is centered around the mythical town of Greendale, a formerly... [More]
Get This Movie
Reviews for Neil Young - Greendale
No review available.
10/17/07
Click to read the article
03/11/06
Its strength lies in its rawness, innocence and lack of polish, as it gets the concerned singer's message out loud and clear to those who are believers.
09/05/05
[Neil Young's] dotardly video companion to his album of the same name.
11/08/04
Click to read the article
08/07/04
Top CriticIf Young's music or essential intrigue -- at any stage of his rich, 30-plus years of unpredictable expression -- have ever entertained your imagination, Greendale will likely yield a fun field trip into the mystery of his evergreen mind.
06/19/04
Everyone knows rock stars shouldn't make movies, but that goes double for old, drug-addled ones like Neil Young.
06/19/04
Overall, it's a pretty irritating movie. But as I watched it, almost in spite of myself, I kept getting caught up in Young's music.
06/18/04
Anyone except Young devotees may find this one a yawn-inducing experience.
06/18/04
Little more than a video vanity project, as fuzzy as Young's guitar chords but not nearly as moving.
06/18/04
It's dreadfully boring.
05/14/04
Top CriticAt a time when the visuals in so many movies drown out weak storytelling and flailing dialogue, Neil Young’s made an oddity: Greendale is a film better heard than seen.
05/01/04
Young might have been thinking high-concept, but on the screen, Greendale devolves into overwrought 'save the planet for another day' screeds and Sunday-school homilies.
05/01/04
Top CriticYou're better off listening to the album than watching this almost unwatchable movie.
04/16/04
Top CriticAn egomaniacal misfire...a foolproof defense against both CD and VHS/DVD piracy.
04/13/04
An 83-minute rock block of interconnected music videos... it feels like a giant marketing ploy to sell more albums.
04/09/04
Smacks of self-indulgence and misplaced ideals.
04/08/04
Top CriticSo terrible, you can't believe Young isn't simply having a big goof on all of us.
04/02/04
An avant home movie posing as an anthem by an artist whose message gets grainier the closer you look.
03/31/04
Top CriticRelated Forums for Neil Young - Greendale
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Appreciating Michael Jackson 
TIME music critic Josh Tyrangiel remembers - and appreciates - the high peak of Michael Jackson's career in the early '80s.
10 Best Picture Noms?
With the Best Picture Oscar noms now 10 deep, BuzzSugar looks at 10 films that should have made the cut.
Successful Sci-Fi Sequels
Sequels never used to be as good as the original, but now they can be even better. Can Transformers 2 follow suit?
Films That Time Forgot
The AV Club's Zack Handlen explores why Snowbeast has been dismissed and forgotten.
IGN RSS Feeds