A lover not a fighter

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2019)

This is a biopic taken to a whole other level. Watching Ray you really think you're
sitting next to God running a movie of the life of legendary entertainer Ray Charles.
I really did think I was looking at Ray Charles the way Jamie Fox so perfectly
captured him in this film. No wonder he received the Best Actor Oscar for his
performance.
Ray Charles was born Ray Charles Robinson and lost his sight at the age of seven. But not the gift for music. He dropped the Robinson from his name as
he did not want to be confused with Sugar Ray Robinson the famous welter and middleweight champion. He was a lover not a fighter.
Lover he was as he got the women by the bushel basket every place he went.
He married Kerry Washington and his children with her were his official family.
But he was also involved with Regina King and had a son out of wedlock. Probably more than her truth be told.
But the other issue here besides music and libido was dope. An occupational
hazard with musicians, but Charles got good and hooked on heroin. His
struggle to get the monkey off his back is a big part of the story.
Ray has a huge soundtrack of Ray Charles music and Foxx is just like Larry Parks to Al Jolson. Great soundtrack.
And I can't stop loving this film.