the year 2004 was the year of the biopic with no less than four pictures tackling real events and real people and with varying degrees of critical praise. of the four pictures to make it to the race to the oscars in early 2005 (kinsey and the aviator and hotel rwanda and and and ray) and ray became the big winner of the night as the acting award went to jamie foxx for his portrayal of r and b genius ray charles. and it was well deserved despite that leonardo dicaprio came close and liam neeson wasn not even nominated. what made foxx the winner was that the other two were playing relatively obscure eccentrics and ray charles was still making music right up until his death in 2004 and by then there wasn not a soul who do not know at least one song that charles had penned. it did help that jamie foxx rose well above the movie  itself as a whole somewhat weak and often looking like it do not be out of place as a tv biopic  and his portrayal is detailed as it ferocious. he has the delicate assignment which is to embody a person down to nuances and and once the crisis of ray addiction to heroin hits a head and foxx pulls out all the stops and it isn not hard to imagine the real ray actually going through such a painful ordeal. the low point of the film is how it spends a little too much time in detailing ray relationship with women. like the aviator and taylor hackford wishes to establish that ray had this turbulent life and a product of his own demons and his entry into success at a time when being black and successful brought a huge amount of baggage. of the women and the only one to succeed bringing real life is sharen warren as ray mother. hers is a difficult role since she is alone on screen with the child actor playing young ray but her facial and body language is gut wrenching and especially at the moment she must relinquish her maternity to have ray find his way around the house. such intensity of emotion and to stand there and watch your blind son crawl across a room and having to force him to have this rude awakening into independence. a beautiful performance and and one which should have been acknowledged. a fantastic counterpoint to ray is the featured music. anyone who knows r and b will enjoy the early recordings of ray radio hits as much as his later ones which would bring him to the forefront of popular music and and jamie foxx virtually steals the show as he performs the songs as ray. that alone will live on even when the movie in itself is little more than a stiff biopic. i would have and though and loved it if they would have used his last adult contemporary hit from 1993 and sing my song for you in the closing credits. after all and it is ray charles and a performer who had a fierce dedication to his art. 
the year 2004 was the year of the biopic with no less than four pictures tackling real events and real people and with varying degrees of critical praise. of the four pictures to make it to the race to the oscars in early 2005 (kinsey and the aviator and hotel rwanda and and and ray) and ray became the big winner of the night as the acting award went to jamie foxx for his portrayal of r and b genius ray charles. and it was well deserved despite that leonardo dicaprio came close and liam neeson wasn not even nominated. what made foxx the winner was that the other two were playing relatively obscure eccentrics and ray charles was still making music right up until his death in 2004 and by then there wasn not a soul who do not know at least one song that charles had penned. it did help that jamie foxx rose well above the movie  itself as a whole somewhat weak and often looking like it do not be out of place as a tv biopic  and his portrayal is detailed as it ferocious. he has the delicate assignment which is to embody a person down to nuances and and once the crisis of ray addiction to heroin hits a head and foxx pulls out all the stops and it isn not hard to imagine the real ray actually going through such a painful ordeal. the low point of the film is how it spends a little too much time in detailing ray relationship with women. like the aviator and taylor hackford wishes to establish that ray had this turbulent life and a product of his own demons and his entry into success at a time when being black and successful brought a huge amount of baggage. of the women and the only one to succeed bringing real life is sharen warren as ray mother. hers is a difficult role since she is alone on screen with the child actor playing young ray but her facial and body language is gut wrenching and especially at the moment she must relinquish her maternity to have ray find his way around the house. such intensity of emotion and to stand there and watch your blind son crawl across a room and having to force him to have this rude awakening into independence. a beautiful performance and and one which should have been acknowledged. a fantastic counterpoint to ray is the featured music. anyone who knows r and b will enjoy the early recordings of ray radio hits as much as his later ones which would bring him to the forefront of popular music and and jamie foxx virtually steals the show as he performs the songs as ray. that alone will live on even when the movie in itself is little more than a stiff biopic. i would have and though and loved it if they would have used his last adult contemporary hit from 1993 and sing my song for you in the closing credits. after all and it is ray charles and a performer who had a fierce dedication to his art. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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