The Life Of Ray Charles On screen

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2007)

'Ray' is the story of Ray Charles' musical life, with childhood scenes as well. So, in his life, drugs must have played a pretty big role. I'm not saying that I think Ray Charles is a bad man for taking drugs, don't get me wrong he is a wonderful musician who plays great songs. It's just that in the film, drugs seemed to dominate his life, rather that music, which is a little disappointing.
On the other hand, Jamie Foxx's performance was magnificent and completely accurate, he deserved his Oscar, and the music scenes that are in the movie are fun and great, but are soon drowned out by Ray cheating on his wife, fighting, the death of his brother, and heroin. I don't know about you, but that is too much sadness and down sides a Ray Charles movie should receive. Conflicts are extremely important when you are making a movie, especially one based on a true story, but too much, could make the audience feel awry and irritated.
Although there are downs, I strongly suggest you watch this movie at least one time to decide for yourself on how you feel, for it truly is a decent movie to see at least once.