A Mediocre Screenplay is Saved by Powerful Performances,

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2015)

Ray is a great movie with a good storyline and a brilliant cast. There are many elements of mediocrity to this movie, but they are all mostly saved very powerful acting from Jamie Foxx, who delivers a magnificent performance as Ray Charles, he is completely in character all the way through and if you read the trivia you will see all the very impressive preparation he did for this film. The movies biggest problem is that it isn't very well written, the story is quite messy and it transitions from different periods in Ray's life in a very unbalanced manner. I also didn't particularly like how it ended, it just stops in the middle of Ray Charles career, tells us what he did with the rest of his life, and then just randomly throws in another scene that was unnecessary and was only used to give us more sympathy for the title character, which definitely wasn't needed as we had already fallen in love and supported this character previously. Ray could easily have been a brutal film, but because of very powerful performances from all the main cast and some very beautiful directing, it is instead a movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good drama or biography film.
Follows the life and career of blind musician Ray Charles who rose to fame during the 1950's because of his terrific singing and piano skills.
Best Performance: Ray Charles