Great movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2004)

After seeing Ray, I felt like I met Ray Charles. This is an excellent biography of an influential singer/songwriter. Unlike Ali, which I think glosses over some of its subject's failings, Ray makes a three dimensional character out of Ray Charles Anderson. We see him as a great musical genius and as a guy who could be a real jerk, sometimes at the same time. Even though he was blind, he was a great business man who would not be taken advantage of. He was also a heroin addict and a womanizer which the movie goes into with great detail. Some of my favorite moments in the movie are about his younger days when he was starting to become blind and his mother had to stand back and make him figure his way around by himself. Jaimie Foxx is absolutely brilliant as Ray Charles and he and the picture deserve notice come Oscar time. 10/10