Ray
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King
Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he ma...( read more
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DVD Released: February 1, 2005
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February 16, 2009As in so many of his movies, Jamie Foxx outshines the film itself - a well-deserved Academy Award. It wasn't the greatest movie in some regards, particularly when trying to speak of Ray Charles's influence: being the first to fuse gospel and R&B, for example, is such a niche genr... ...( read more )
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February 8, 2009Slightly dissapointed in this, heard good things but found parts boring. Jamie Fox, however took a great part as Ray
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August 31, 2008A little too long, but Jamie Foxx was amazing as Ray Charles. It was a really touching film.
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April 27, 2008"I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance."
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Ray is a film that instigated a craze of music-orientated biopics in Hollywood, and there's little wonder considering the quality we're presented with here.
Before this film, Ja... -
June 17, 2009Ray is the story of the life and career of singer Ray Charles, and as any other movie of its type, you will realize that his addiction and womanizer side are taking over the movie. But what's unique about Ray's story is that he went blind at the age of seven, which made him much ... ...( read more )
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October 29, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
October 29, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The music is inspired and the cast terrifically committed, but Ray is still a long way from being a good movie. full review
October 29, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie would be worth seeing simply for the sound of the music and the sight of Jamie Foxx performing it. That it looks deeper and gives us a sense of the man himself is what makes it special. full review
October 28, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
It's a shame about Ray, because Foxx is trapped in a movie that takes the music icon's unique story and turns it into cheesy, sentimental American Dream cliches. full review
October 28, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Despite a plodding, mechanical approach to dramatizing his life, Ray occasionally hits peaks of energy and delight worthy of his finest songs. full review
October 28, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Taylor Hackford's biography of Ray Charles is a potent and invigorating portrait of genius, thanks to Jamie Foxx's performance and to the music of Ray Charles himself. full review
October 27, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Foxx's mannered performance fails to convey the complexities beneath Charles's trademark twitches. full review
October 21, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Jamie Foxx gets so far inside the man and his music that he and Ray Charles seem to breathe as one. full review
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September 17, 2007Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard.hi acting is great but he love to have sex with different women.
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