Boring

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

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

Personally.. I really enjoyed this film.. The cast playing the characters.. Andre playing Jimi etc Linda etc where all believable.. I liked the way the film unfolded, the way it was different in its take on a biography.. Didn't try to cover everything, a snapshot of the early time and place in Jimi's life.. those important first steps to fame.. I really don't get some of the bad reviews.. I guess that's their personal opinion as this is mine.. but being open minded.. this is a good film and worth a watch.. don't be put off.. take a look for yourself.. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised..

John Ridley's "Jimi: All Is by My Side" is a worthy effort, but without Jimi Hendrix's music it comes across flat. And as happens with a lot of biopics, there seems to be an emphasis on the unpleasant parts of the subjects life (we can debate the authenticity, although Kathy Etchingham has criticized it). The point is that Jimi Hendrix might not be someone whose life story you can film. At least not without his songs. I'd say that "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe" and Hendrix's riff on "The Star-Spangled Banner" tell more about his life than any movie can. He was the greatest guitarist of all time, and this movie doesn't do him justice.So remember what he said about the power of love overcoming the love of power.

I really wanted to like this movie, being a huge Hendrix fan and looking at the cast. Its pretty obvious the director dropped the ball on this film. He had everything to make it great but it just came out confusing boring and just irrelevant. Only scene made any sense was when he moved to the UK and performed with Clapton. I was expecting this movie to be like the doors movie with Val Kilmer directed by Oliver Stone, but it didn't have any of the magic that film had even though the director had all the resources to make this film great except he couldn't get any Hendrix songs on the film. It felt like the director gave up on the film and I'm surprised Andre agreed to the script. I could tell he was trying his best to be like Hendrix but the directors script, interactions, background research and just the overall flow of the film was boring lacking substance. Something you wouldn't expect from a Jimi Hendrix film he is quite a "flashy" musician its hard to believe just how bad this film turned out. I'm not one to even write reviews on this site. But I just felt robbed at the end of the film. Ill give it a 4 just for Andre's portrait of jimi and his acting that's it. The director really lacked vision in this film. One more thing to see one of the actress's go on this site and actually say they made scenes up especially of violence with Jimi just makes it even more cringe worthy. No wonder he couldn't get Jimi's music approved made him look bad, Jimi was a gentle guy and filming assumptions during a biopic just isn't right. Whoever put the money up for this film should have got Gus Van Sant or Oliver Stone to direct it obviously there was a bad judgement call on the director or just lack of funds for this film.

Had heaps of potential but squanders most of it.The story of Jimi Hendrix's rise to fame, from playing in other people's bands in the US in 1966 to making a name for himself in London in 1966/7. Stops just short of his famous Monterey Pop Festival performance.Interesting from an historical and biographical perspective and had a lot of potential in that regard. However, much of this is wasted through silly, pointless sub-plots and lame, pretentious directing and editing. Instead of just telling the story, writer-director John Ridley throws in random cuts and scenes that go nowhere and add nothing to the movie.All this unnecessary stuff ruins not only the focus of the movie, but also the pacing. The movie starts stutteringly enough but at a point seems to get into a groove. At this point you think it is about to get better, but soon you have one of the random distractions, wrecking the flow. And so it goes for the entire movie. As soon as you have a meaty, interesting passage of play it is derailed by something frivolous. Makes it incredibly difficult to get into the movie, and is very frustrating.On the upside, the performances are pretty good. Andrew Benjamin (Andre 3000) does a good job as Hendrix, capturing his mannerisms, speech and general outlook quite well. Good support from Hayley Atwell as his psycho girlfriend and Imogen Poots as Linda Keith.