"Winner of the Weakest Link Award" goes to editing...

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2005)

"Ray" may well be Oscar material from an acting standpoint (at this writing the fateful night is still a couple of weeks off). Jamie Foxx keeps much of his audience convinced throughout that he is indeed the legendary song stylist incarnate.
Regarding its overall merit as a motion picture, I found the direction to be a bit 'choppy' with way too many fades-to-black serving as a worn out way to show passage of time.
"Winner of the Weakest Link Award" however, goes to editing. It's hard to believe this movie has been nominated in that category. Action hook-up between scenes was mediocre at best andsomewhere around midway through the filmRay arrives on the scene bearing the supered title "Chicago 1954". In and of itself not a bad thing to do, except for the fact that he arrives in a 1956 Ford. Smart money says 'little' things like that do not an Oscar winner make.
We'll see.