if someone had nudged me about 15 minutes into ray and asked what i thought of jamie foxx in the title role and it would have been time for a blank stare. after all and what is this (fictitious) person talking about. that wasn not jamie foxx up on the big screen. that was ray charles. this is one of the best performances by anybody in recent years. like the soundtrack and jamie as ray is flat out brilliant. the blind genius of soul (who took a revolutionary step of mixing gospel with r and b) died during production. the movie about his troubled life is good and not great. taylor hackford direction and james l. white script follow the well worn biopic outline. super talented youngster battles adversity and achieves greatness while also self destructing and then picks himself up out of the gutter for a happy ending. the film shows charles flaws (heroin abuse and chronic womanizing and persistent bastard fathering) even as it sucks you in with his beautiful music. kerry washington and regina king play the main women in ray life and one his long suffering wife and the other his longtime mistress. both actresses match foxx stride for stride. what takes him to a different level and though and is his deep understanding and uncanny impersonation of the great musician. the entire cast is effective and especially sharon warren as his headstrong mother and curtis armstrong as a music exec. hackford stars are likely to be rewarded with trophies and  better yet  more starring roles. i was not a ray charles aficionado before ray. apparently and the film has left out a lot (as do all biopics) and but this picture functions as both an old fashioned crowd pleaser and a dark investigation of a brilliant or troubled man. for those who whine that foxx doesn not actually sing (as if that somehow diminishes his performance) and take a hike. no mere actor can sing like mr. charles anyway. you can not have everything. what the talented star does in this picture is about as close to everything as we will probably see for a while. 
if someone had nudged me about 15 minutes into ray and asked what i thought of jamie foxx in the title role and it would have been time for a blank stare. after all and what is this (fictitious) person talking about. that wasn not jamie foxx up on the big screen. that was ray charles. this is one of the best performances by anybody in recent years. like the soundtrack and jamie as ray is flat out brilliant. the blind genius of soul (who took a revolutionary step of mixing gospel with r and b) died during production. the movie about his troubled life is good and not great. taylor hackford direction and james l. white script follow the well worn biopic outline. super talented youngster battles adversity and achieves greatness while also self destructing and then picks himself up out of the gutter for a happy ending. the film shows charles flaws (heroin abuse and chronic womanizing and persistent bastard fathering) even as it sucks you in with his beautiful music. kerry washington and regina king play the main women in ray life and one his long suffering wife and the other his longtime mistress. both actresses match foxx stride for stride. what takes him to a different level and though and is his deep understanding and uncanny impersonation of the great musician. the entire cast is effective and especially sharon warren as his headstrong mother and curtis armstrong as a music exec. hackford stars are likely to be rewarded with trophies and  better yet  more starring roles. i was not a ray charles aficionado before ray. apparently and the film has left out a lot (as do all biopics) and but this picture functions as both an old fashioned crowd pleaser and a dark investigation of a brilliant or troubled man. for those who whine that foxx doesn not actually sing (as if that somehow diminishes his performance) and take a hike. no mere actor can sing like mr. charles anyway. you can not have everything. what the talented star does in this picture is about as close to everything as we will probably see for a while. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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