A waste of 90 minutes of my life

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Big potential but for me a very weak story. No strong point. Just telling story. For Hendrix fans a big disappointment. I feel like seeing this movie was just waste of time, I dint get moved in any way. All the time I was waiting for ,,something,, to happen. BUT The camera, music and actors were really nice. So I guess a nice choice for some thursday movie night... neutral and good looking. But nothing more.

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.

This movie's good, while there might be less action then say, Indiana Jones, but its still pretty entertaining. No but for everyone, this is a good movie, interestingly shot, well acted, no it won't be winning any Oscars, but its worth a watch. PS this really isn't racist, its something realistic to its time era. It is an interesting story that makes you feel like you were actually there with the people. It holds your attention and like I mentioned before, the filmography is something you don't see very often - very interesting point of view. No, I don't agree with everything portrayed, but overall, its not as God awful as other reviews make it out to be and is really a great watch. I'm not sure if I'll watch it again, but I feel happy that I did watch it, and don't regret anything.