First of all, I'm not really a fan of The Jimi Hendrix Experience... I mean, I know a couple songs and really enjoy "Are You Experienced" album... But everybody is talking about how much this film is not accurate... OK, It is a biopic, but, does it really matters? It is based in events between '66 and '67... It is virtually impossible to make any mention of this period with a hundred percent accuracy, just for the fact that its been almost 50 years since they happened and any personal source would be subjective about what happened and how it happened... AT THE END OF THE DAY... Liking it or not... It is a Fictional movie just as much it is a Biopic... Andre Benjamin was just terrific! I think really he captured the essence of who Jimi is to me... The kinda mumbling and careless with the words, but someone who really speaks with the music. Physically Andre Benjamin was like a second coming of Jimi... Imogen Poots and Hayley Atwell gave us really good and solid performances... I really wouldn't complain if Imogen had a few minutes more in scene! The editing was a little bit confusing in some points, along the movie, maybe for an artistic effect or whatever... But it was OK! The lack of Jimi's songs it was a little bit upsetting, but it didn't make the movie less enjoyable, for its really good soundtrack. John Ridley was quite fine as director... And considering It is the first feature film he directed since '97, It is even more impressing... I really hope he directs more, cause I like what i saw.. It's more about art than the box office... We need more directors like that! About the bad reviews, I'll quote Andre's Jimi: "Words, man, just words... They're all just words... I don't get uptight about them words, you know."