Jamie Foxx did deserve the Oscar

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2005)

Before I saw Ray, I assumed it would not hold up to the hype and that Jamie Foxx really wouldn't be all that great. But, Foxx is great and did deserve to win all the acting awards. It didn't even seem like you were watching Jamie Foxx. The movements, the speech, the mannerisms were all like Ray Charles. I didn't know much about Ray Charles before seeing this. But, this biography was interesting and had great, entertaining music. It was over 2 and half hours, but I didn't find it to boring, but it could have been a little shorter.
What I did learn is that as a person, Ray Charles was no choir boy. He was actually sort of scummy. He cheated on his wife all the time and shot up drugs for years.
I did like how it showed him when he was younger and going blind. His mom did not baby him, instead she made him learn to do things for himself. It was hard for her to stand back and watch, but it needed to be done because in the real world, no one was going to watch over him.
FINAL VERDICT: I recommend it. Jamie Foxx was great to watch.