Ray (2004)

Pretty Good

People are voting emotionally.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

First, let's say that the acting performances were well dont by all .We are brought into the world of a blind man. But he is more then a blind man. He has a gift. Is that gift powerful enough to help him overcome his curse ?In a way this movie is very interesting because it is real. I liked the story of the man, period. Usually I like more action and twists and turns in a movie...but I promised myself to finish this movie and it was worth it.What i feel could be better is if we had been showed other character's point of view. At times, we were introduced to characters and we could've branched out and learned more about ttheir side of the story....but I understand this was about Ray.Overall it was good.

the first virtue - it is more than a biopic. it is a smart, seductive, precise fresco of an era. in its details and dramas and sparkles. the second virtue - Jamie Fox. who does more than a great role but becomes the best guide to a way to survive, be victorious and remain yourself against each challenge. not the last - the music. not only for fans. but as window to a style to imagine and create the life. a film about pain, sacrifices and an impressive fight. and, maybe, about victory. in a form who escapes from ordinaries definitions. this is all.

Ray would never work if it didn't have Jamie Foxx in it i was never a big fan of his but his acting in this film was amazing his walk, his voice, the way he sings and plays the piano everything was awesome here the rest of the cast was good but he is the only one who truly shines and overshadows them all. The movie also won 2 Oscars and the thing that it has a 7.7 rating here in IMDb it kills me it should get more than an 8 for sure. Definitely one of his best movie roles and films he ever made. If you haven't seen it please do it's an amazing movie and you need to watch it right now it's a perfect 10 out of 10 an Amazing Film!!!

It's 1948. Ray Charles Robinson (Jamie Foxx) leaves his home in northern Florida to go to Seattle. He meets Quincy Jones (Larenz Tate) playing the trumpet on the street. He's taken advantage of by Marlene Andres and Gossie McKee (Terrence Howard). There are flashbacks of Ray Charles as a boy who went blind at the age of seven and witnessing his younger brother George drown. His willful mother insisted that he be independent. He would rise in fame and success but is always haunted by the water and his guilt.This is fairly standard biopic fare. Ray Charles is a great subject and this is a well made movie. Jamie Foxx does a great job but one gets the sense that the movie pulls its punch a little. It's also a bit simplistic by laying so much with the death of George. However the mother character is terrific. Sometimes simplicity is a good thing. When you add the great music, this is a good music biopic.