Well done

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2005)

Jamie Fox was excellent at portraying Ray Charles. It was great to see Curtis Armstrong finally get a solid role. This certainly was overdue. The music supervision on this film was excellent. For the most part, it really felt like all of the musical numbers were played live. Fox really seemed to be playing the piano.
As far as being best picture of the year...I wouldn't vote for it. I think that Sideways and Million Dollar Baby are far more unique and interesting films.
Taylor Hackford continues to prove that he is a very versatile director. It's nice to see that he works in all genres.