Ray (2004)
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
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.
An uninspired, standard biopic that follows a familiar arc featuring poverty, fame and drug addiction, Ray tells us less about the man, and more about Hollywood formulas applied to music legends. Jamie Fox's Oscar winning impersonation of Ray Charles is excellent, but the character is one-dimensional and Fox's performance is all surface. The film features so many of Ray's songs that it feels like a jukebox musical. The film itself is undistinguished and overlong with a secondhand feel thanks to Taylor Hackford's strictly by the numbers direction and a screenplay that refuses to part with a single cliché. An A&E Biography would have been better and more authentic.
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!!!
Jamie Foxx really did an outstanding performance of playing Ray Charles. Yes he didn't look like him or sound like him, he took the risks and did what he had to do in order to be recognized as Ray Charles. I found the storyline pretty interesting because I never heard of the guy before until I saw the Blues Brothers movie like a few years ago. Its not easy being a blind person and touring around the world without knowing what's going on visually. But hey if Stevie Wonder can do it then Ray Charles or any other blind artists can do it also! :) As long as you are talented, hard working and a good decent advocate, you have got the job buddy! Man,the music was so uplifting in this film,I just danced and sang the songs out loud (lucky enough no one was at home). I mean if the man himself was alive today and came to my country to play a concert, heck I will be the first in the queue haha! Seriously though, Ray Charles is a legend!!