Three words...Oscar, Oscar, Oscar!

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2004)

If Jamie Foxx is denied an (1)Oscar nomination, let alone a win, for his role in portraying Ray Charles, then there is no hope for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its members. In the film itself is not nominated for an (2) Oscar for Best Picture, let alone win, then there is no hope the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its members. If the musical score for the film is not nominated for an (3) Oscar, LET ALONE WIN, then there is no hope for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its members! Frankly, in my mind if the film doesn't run away with the Oscars, there is no hope for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The film transcends what most of film making has become today in America. It tells and defines the human story of a man of enormous determination, immense talent, and above all colossal courage. And, making a film of this magnitude has to have those same attributes, and this film does! Ray...where ever you are, if some part of you is able in some way to admire this film, I know you must be proud and pleased!