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Monday, June 06, 2005
Riding high on a wave of Oscar buzz, Foxx proved himself worthy of all the hype by portraying blind R&B legend Ray Charles in a warts-and-all performance that Charles approved shortly before his death in June 2004.
Despite a few dramatic embellishments of actual incidents (such as the suggestion that the accidental drowning of Charles's younger brother caused all the inner demons that Charles would battle into adulthood), the film does a remarkable job of summarizing Charles's strengths as a musical innovator and his weaknesses as a philandering heroin addict who recorded some of his best songs while flying high as a kite. Foxx seems to be channeling Charles himself, and as he did with the life of Ritchie Valens in La Bamba, director Taylor Hackford gets most of the period details absolutely right as he chronicles Ray's rise from "chitlin circuit" performer in the early '50s to his much-deserved elevation to legendary status as one of the all-time great musicians. Foxx expertly lip-syncs to Ray Charles' classic recordings, but you could swear he's the real deal in a film that honours Ray Charles without sanitizing his once-messy life.
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Excellent flick
David from Dublin, 25 Apr 2007
Great music, great cast, great movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie about the talented Ray Charles. He played some mean tunes...
6 people out of 6 found this review helpful
Ray Of Sunshine
Shane from Galway, 07 Jul 2007
Brilliant film and fantastic performance from Jamie Foxx who shows what a great actor and singer he is. From start to finish I really enjoed this film. Rent it now, you wont be disappointed.
5 people out of 7 found this review helpful
Ray
Barry from Dublin, 15 Jun 2007
The story was a bit slow getting started but overall it was a good film. Jamie Foxx was excellent in the lead role and deserved his Oscar.
3 people out of 6 found this review helpful
Average
Ciaran from Dublin, 05 Jul 2007
This dragged a bit for me. Just found it all a bit pedestrian but maybe bigger fans of the artist will get more from this than me. Good acting for sure though.
1 people out of 3 found this review helpful
Ray
Hilary from Kildare, 23 Sep 2007
the music was cool
1 people out of 2 found this review helpful
Mustee dvd
suzanne from Killkenny, 19 Mar 2009
This is an excellent movie especially for Ray Charles fans.It brought tears to my eyes.Go watch it!
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful
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