A biopic on the great Ray Charles which does not realize its full potential

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2006)

i can't say Ray is a bad movie,because it certainly isn't.however,it could have been better.Jamie Foxx is very good in the title role.the problem however lies with the film itself.Ray gets high marks for style,but not so much for substance.it just doesn't have the depth,the heart and soul it should have.this movie also tends to be depressing at times and seems to drag.Ray Charles was a genius and that is shown very effectively in the movie.he was also shown to be a less than nice human,to be polite.the filmmakers were striving for accuracy and i get that.but sometimes the film focuses too much on this aspect of Charles and this is where it languishes.Ray could have been a great film.instead it sits somewhere between good and very good.A disappointment considering the subject matter.