Genius film about a genius

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2009)

This must rat as the best biopic ever. Jamie Foxx IS Ray Charles, at no time in the film did it seem like someone acting as someone else. Jamie Foxx moves lives and breaths Ray Charles. In fact part way through you forget that this ISN'T Ray Charles because the portrayal is THAT good. The film may not be 100% accurate but it takes you to the place and time when these things happened. You marvel at the genius of this blind boy and the music just takes you back in time. Also of note is that it doesn't try to gloss over Ray's bad side, especially his drug addiction and the appalling way he treated his women, especially his wives. All the supporting actors are very believable ( although the women Ray surrounded himself with did not look THAT good ) maybe feeling the wrist is a poor indication of beauty? If ever a man deserved an Oscar Jamie Foxx did for this excellent movie. It rates as one of the best films of all time in my book.