Wood Harris portrays Jimi with respect and determination, but doesn't quite PORTRAY him. Then again, how many actors could? I don't think Mr. Harris had ever experienced LSD when he attempted to deliver Jimi's oratory at Monterey; his effort was...well, kinda silly. Some of the other dialogue is also clumsy but this was a demanding role. I'm aware of some Hendrix career history and inclined to believe that the movie is basically accurate throughout (as with Gotti HBO movie).Although the music isn't too bad, I have to wonder why they didn't use actual Hendrix tracks? And why does the guy who plays the role of Little Richard look nothing like him? Was Michael Jeffrey really such an a-----e in real life? The real Chas Chandler seems like an unsympathetic and driven producer on the Electric Ladyland DVD...yet he and Jimi were said to be a great music partnership. Billy Zane does a fine job as Michael Jeffrey I guess, considering that I really don't know what he was actually like! Oh well.

A very lame, cheap & disappointing production. If this was a tell-all about the Monkees it would be embarrassing, but we're talking about the greatest instrumentalist of rock music, one of the true genius of 20th century art. What's lost in this film is Hendrix' MUSIC. He was an amazing songwriter, but you won't find any idea of that here. If your introduction to Hendrix is this movie, you'd think he was nothing more than a glorified karaoke artist. The film has the actor performing "Hey Joe," "Wild Thing," "All Along the Watchtower," "Star Spangled Banner" ... getting the drift yet...? ALL cover songs, not a single song or composition actually written by Jimi. Obviously the Hendrix estate / copyright owners had nothing to do with this production. Then there's the Woodstock conceit, with Jimi wailing in front of the half-million. Anyone who knows Woodstock or Jimi knows he played in front of the last remaining 40,000 straglers on the Monday morning when near everyone had left. Most of the acting was okay, but the rest is a waste.

He turns in a cool performance. I recall when they were shooting this in in the summer. Recreating a purple hazy Woodstock on a modest budget. And I know that a lot of the actors didn't know how to play (including the drummer), but I especially enjoyed some of the foxy ladies and those scenes of Jimi's band and guitar roadie (Michael Stevens) striding through the airport in slo-mo. This film is a Jimi Hendrix 'experience' ...

I dont like how Jimi Hendrix was portrayed in this music, showed him as a druggo with all these naked women, doesnt show his real passion for music. Couldve showed more on his bringing up, like showing him pretending to play guitar or a broom stick, because he was too poor to afford one at that time (which really did happen). It was all going too quick as well,showing the business side of things more than the actual emotion. He also only took drugs because in those days it was normal to take drugs, especially for rock stars at that time. The acting was great though,by Wood Harris, the only good thing in this movieOverall very poor,If u want to know something bout Jimi Hendrix was like, dont watch this, rent a documentary or something, there are quiet a few good documentaries out there. Itll be more entertaining than this movie, with more varing music and more of an insight to what he was really like.