Features the performance of a lifetime by Jamie Foxx.
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11/18/04
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Reviews Counted:190
Fresh:155
Rotten:35
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Critics can't stop loving Jamie Foxx's performance in Ray, which is being hailed as an engrossing and energetic take on Charles' achievements and demons.
Theatrical Release:Oct 29, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $75,236,415
Synopsis: Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring a remarkable performance from Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a... [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Curtis Armstrong
Director: Taylor Hackford
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Reviews for Ray
Jamie Foxx is magnetic as Ray Charles but does not show us enough inner conflict. The film is at its best showing the roots of the character.
11/17/04
With Foxx as the front man, and with the real life recordings of Ray Charles as the soundtrack, Ray is a musical biography that transcends the clichés of the genre.
11/17/04
Jamie Foxx's spectacular performance (hindered by the inability to act with his eyes) anchors a rich, strong film.
11/15/04
The narrative structure of Ray may be conventional but there are many other compensations: Hackford’s ebullient direction and Jamie Foxx’s incandescent performance.
11/14/04
Won me over because of Jamie Foxx's powerful performance where he inhabits Charles--capturing the singer's characteristics.
11/11/04
It isn't the superficial career reconstruction that makes this movie worth the price of admission, it's the "Best of Charles" compilation that will move you.
11/09/04
Much more than Smith as Ali or Hopkins as Nixon, the actor loses himself so thoroughly in the role that it's impossible to tell where Ray Charles ends and Jamie Foxx begins.
11/09/04
...gives the Hallmark treatment to an unruly legend. Foxx is so superbly convincing, you can't help wishing the movie had trusted him more. He (and the cast) deserve better.
11/08/04
While Foxx makes the film worthwhile, Hackford nearly ruins by investing "Ray" with the emotional equivilant of a Diet Pepsi ad.
11/08/04
'When all is said and done, and Oscar time rolls around, Jamie Foxx will be difficult to beat in the Best Actor category.'
11/08/04
'...the audience feels as though this is the real Ray Charles playing himself. I can't say anything more than that in tribute to Jamie Foxx's outstanding work.'
11/08/04
Anchored by Foxx's astonishingly powerful performance, this moving and engaging biographical film ... is also director Hackford's finest film.
11/07/04
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11/06/04
It's the music that keeps me drawn into the film, followed closely by Jamie Foxx's soulful (in both senses of the word) performance.
11/06/04
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11/06/04
An emphatically entertaining, toe-tapping cautionary tale about how drug addiction is more crippling than any physical handicap.
11/05/04
...a case of a star performance outshining the movie. Foxx is like a virtuoso headline act backed up by a band that wanders in and out of key.
11/04/04
[Foxx's] peerless work elevates this otherwise ordinary biopic, which is plagued by stiff dialogue and hokey imagery.
11/04/04
Jamie Foxx's all-encompassing performance in the title role more than justifies the early Oscar gossip it has generated.
11/04/04
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