
In 1966, an unknown guitarist named James Hendrix leaves New York for London, changes his name to Jimi and begins to make his mark in the world of rock music. With his defining performance at Monterey Pop festival still a year away, Hendrix learns the tricks of the trade before eventually transforming into a triumphant icon of sixties counterculture.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1966, an unknown guitarist named James Hendrix leaves New York for London, changes his name to Jimi and begins to make his mark in the world of rock music. With his defining performance at Monterey Pop festival still a year away, Hendrix learns the tricks of the trade before eventually transforming into a triumphant icon of sixties counterculture.
Leave your thoughts about Jimi: All Is by My Side.
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderRidley confines his subject to small nightclubs and even smaller apartments, where we hear little music and a lot of talk. Too much talk; all of it in service of a movie with shockingly little to say. |
| Austin American-StatesmanMatthew OdamBenjamin displays the familiar Hendrix quirks (the jaw gyrations, wide eyes and smiles while jamming), captures his wind-blown-kite voice perfectly, and paints the picture of an accidental poet philosopher who defied genre classifications. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe 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. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiJohn Ridley's fractured and narrowcast, unauthorized Jimi Hendrix biopic...wrongly assumes that Andre Benjamin's intuitive inhabiting of the musician's skittish soul will entice audiences as much as it does the women around him. |
| AV ClubJesse HassengerIt’s hard to hear what All Is By My Side is saying about anything, given how many scenes feature vaguely druggy overlapping dialogue, part of a fussy sound design that’s paired with intentionally choppy editing. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasA refreshing change from other musical biopics as it shows other sides to the rock legend that we haven't had a chance to see before. |
| Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekWhatever 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. |
| RedEyeMatt PaisHe wanted to groove, baby, and the movie floats there with him. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonA powerful look at the crucial years in an artist's trajectory when the thrill of success begins to yield to the curse of fame. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneChris Riemenschneider[Benjamin's] mesmerizing work saves this unique and somewhat controversial new biopic from a level of entirely un-Jimi-like mediocrity. |