Disappointment for a huge fan!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Truly dreadful. It said on the DVD box "Benjamin is electrifying", what they meant was, Benjamin is shocking. Maybe not his fault, he's just out of his depth. Yes, he's black, but there the similarity ends. He sounds like Michael Jackson, not Jimi Hendrix and look at his hands! This is not the person to play the great man. The narrative is deeply flawed, as noted by other reviewers, including those who were there. Perhaps this film might work in 50 years time as a Sunday night costume drama of the 20th Century, but as a biopic it fails miserably, and is certainly not "one of the best biopics ever"as trumpeted in the promo material. Don't believe it, just leave it.

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.

The film portraits Hendrix as domestic abuser while in real life supposedly beaten woman denies that and sues filmmakers. There are no evidence that Jimi battered a woman. Also filmmakers did not get permission form artist's family and couldn't use Jimi's music and this is just ridiculous. I really hope that John Ridley will have to pay loads of cash for slandering Hendrix and that he will be laugh at for inaccuracy of biopic and inability to put the right music into a movie.It is sad that performance of Andre 3000 was wasted like that. What a shame. Paying for that movie in any shape or form will mean that basically you gave cash to guy who offended memory of Jimi Hendrix. Please don't do that!

Failed musical-bio on the career of American rock and blues musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), whose life spiraled out of control at the age of 27, leading to his accidental death from an overdose of barbiturates. André Benjamin was a very fine choice for the leading role: he has the charisma and stage presence needed to play Hendrix, plus his dramatic acting is also good (he broods prettily). Unfortunately, writer-co-producer-director John Riley was unable to get the necessary musical assistance from the artist's estate and, without Hendrix's original music in the film, a hole is left in the finished product. Ridley perhaps panicked, using a messy editing technique to substitute for a narrative. The many chapter stops and starts strand the movie in a kind of 'artistic' past-or-present netherworld. The whole thing would feel like a horrible sham were it not for Benjamin's performance. He rated a better movie--and Hendrix's fans deserved one. *1/2 from ****