Synopsis
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
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Cast
- André 3000Jimi Hendrix
- Hayley AtwellKathy Etchingham
- Imogen PootsLinda Keith
- Burn GormanMichael Jeffery
- Ruth NeggaIda
- Amy De BhrúnPhoebe
- Laurence KinlanJohn
- Robbie JarvisAndrew Loog Oldham
- Andrew BuckleyChas Chandler
- Jade YourellRoberta Goldstein
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The film's lack of such signature Hendrix tunes as ''Purple Haze'' may put off some — the filmmakers couldn't get the rights — but I'd argue that this obstacle forced Ridley to zig where most biopics zag. Which, when you think about it, is fitting for the story of a lefty who played his guitar upside down. - 80
The Guardian
The result is an unpredictable film, a difficult approximation of a biopic. But it delivers a Jimi Hendrix experience somehow the richer for sidelining the man and subverting his music. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
What moviegoers do get is a film both thoughtful and convincing, sympathetic but not flattering to a man who had just three years after this period's end to make himself immortal. - 76
Film.com
A closer, richer examination of a slice of time as specific as it is short. - 70
Variety
Unsatisfying on a musical level, it’s nonetheless a well-acted, sporadically impressive piece of filmmaking. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Maybe Jimi: All is By My Side is as good a Jimi Hendrix bio-pic as we’ll ever get, at least so long as there are legal entanglements strangling the late guitar god’s legacy. - 63
Slant Magazine
Opting for scenes that tend to be fragmented, flawed snippets from a much bigger story, the film exudes a bizarre confidence in not trying to encapsulate the singer's whole life in 120 minutes. - 60
Village Voice
Whatever its flaws may be — and there are many — John Ridley's Jimi: All Is By My Side is compelling for one specific reason: It's more attuned to the women in Hendrix's life than it is to Hendrix himself.
