Nice music, nice voices...soapy story

Rating: 7/10 (4 March 2005)

Jazz...jazz... I didn't know Ray Charles had been an addict, nevertheless my esteem to him still exists. Especially because all those disasters he had suffered in his childhood (death of Ray's brother in his sight, then his mother's death) and those he had confronted with at the time of his creation could constitute justification for that. The truth is he was a great talent and great musician. In spite of the movie being pretty long, the time went by so rapidly that I could't notice that. The story is ordinary but rather entertaining, well diluted with music throughout the film. Jamie Foxx provided a great performance with charming vocal parts. If I had seen the movie before the Oscar ceremony, I would say that Di Caprio, Depp and others had no chance for a statuette. Well, I give 7 out of 10.