My Dinner With Jimi

Released Feb 16, 2003

1h 30m

Biography

Drama

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Howard Kaylan (Justin Henry), lead singer of the Turtles, meets the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix (Royale Watkins) and other rock stars in the 1960s.

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Poorly written, acted, and executed. One thing it did show is that pop music is just that, popular muaic of the time that is quickly made, consumed, and forgotten. By the time the next generation comes around, 99% of those awsome and amazing bands of your youth mean nothing to anyone but you. The last scene with Hendrix sums it up, money is made, cars and mansions bought but great revelations never come and you're still the same. Nothing changes. Consider that the majority who have a brush with fame and fortune are eventually thrown back on the scrap heap of life. So the only important message this film presents is whether it's better to never become famous or have that fame and lose it. Good luck with that

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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The low budget is evident from the opening card, but many of the moment work better than they have any right to. It's uneven, but averages out to pretty good fanservice.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Nothing happens for the first hour. Don't watch this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Featuring a veritable who's who—excepting the Who themselves, though—of Swinging Sixties London and Los Angeles during the Summer of Love, Kalyan's decidedly low-budget trippy trip down both Penny and memory lane feels like a rambling, hazy anecdote told by either Ben or Jerry that eventually gets stuck circling the cultural cul-de-sac of boomer nostalgia.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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felt cheap production values but good story and based on actual events.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Everything Kaylan and Volman have achieved in their long and winding career (Turtles, T.Rex, Flo & Eddie) was delivered with spirit and style. The same can be said of this movie: a heartfelt and entertaining reconstruction of the late 60s' music scene from L.A. to London. Great fun!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Bill Fishman

Director

Justin Henry

Howard Kaylan

Royale Watkins

Jimi Hendrix

Jason Boggs

Mark Volman

George Wendt

Bill Uttley

Brett Gilbert

John Barbata

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Geoff Pevere

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More a collection of dubiously myth-serving, purple-hazed '60s' sketches than anything else.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 7, 2007

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Sweet and warm but not particularly profound.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 7, 2007

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

We can groan over those terrible wigs all we want, but by the end of the picture, we're still taken in by Kaylan's dizzying story.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 28, 2009

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Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 12, 2007

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

Great fun, an old hippie's anecdote brought to life.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 7, 2007

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Synopsis

Howard Kaylan (Justin Henry), lead singer of the Turtles, meets the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix (Royale Watkins) and other rock stars in the 1960s.

Director: Bill Fishman
Producer: Harold Bronson
Screenwriter: Howard Kaylan
Production Co: Fallout Films
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 16, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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