Ray is like 5 Behind the Music specials run back to back

Rating: 4/10 (15 November 2005)

I'd like to summarize the first 30 minutes of this movie: Ray Charles is a brilliant yet difficult blind man who writes and performs amazing music, cheats on his wife, and struggles with drug addiction, but his will to stand on his own two feet manages to pull him through.
The next 30 minutes: Ray Charles is a brilliant yet difficult blind man who writes and performs amazing music, cheats on his wife, and struggles with drug addiction, but his will to stand on his own two feet manages to pull him through.
Lather, rinse, repeat. What were the critics thinking giving this movie a pass? I think they were thinking that Ray Charles had passed away right before the movie opened, and it wasn't a good time to point out that this movie isn't very good. After an hour and a half I turned it off, and had no desire to turn it on again. Jamie Foxx was terrific, but let's face it, he was just doing an imitation. I don't see any Best Actor awards on Rich Little's mantle!