Outstanding Film

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2007)

Always enjoyed the great talents of Ray Charles during the 60's and especially his other great hits during his career. However, I never realized all the horrible hardships he faced being blind and how strong an influence his mother played in giving him the strength to get through his life and stand up tall and proud. This is truly a great picture which has many flashbacks and shows in detail every aspect of Ray Charles life, including his love of women and heroin addiction which he utilized most of his life. However, despite his faults he gave America great music and outstanding songs we will long remember. Jamie Foxx,(Ray Charles) gave one of the best performance I have seen in a very long time. A film you will want to view over and over again.