Holy Frijoles!!

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2005)

Up til now, my favorite Jamie Foxx movie was the one where the NSA was after him because he had the great Prawn heist (it is kind of stupid but a great drunk movie). Foxx's performance in Ray is captivating. I actually thought I was watching a very dramatically interesting documentary. It is like the moment when you realize that the guy in Philadelphia not only looks like the guy from Bachelor Party but is actually Tom Hanks.
In fact, the entire movie was well done. The only thing keeping it from being a 10 was just a hint of it being too long. However, any shorter and it would have not been as good. I guess it is hard to boil down that many years in 2 hours and it be a quality work. Contradicting myself, when the credits were rolling, I had a feeling that the ending was rushed, and I wanted more. Being a native of Georgia, chills ravaged me during one scene near the end on the order of the Ceremony of the Pens from A Beautiful Mind. I won't spoil it, but if you are a Georgian and know your history, you know what I mean.
WOW!!!