Excellent and Connvincing Performance By Jamie Foxx

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2005)

From the moment "Ray" begins, you get so caught up in Jamie Foxx's award-winning performance you forget that he is playing the late, great Ray Charles instead of him being Ray Charles. Charles is a musical genius that is haunted by the drowning death of his little brother. As his fame takes him to new highs, his life is spiraling out of control. He constantly cheats on his devoted wife (Kerry Washington) with back up singers, among them Margie Hendricks (Regina King). Also, his dependency on heroin threatens to take away his freedom.
All of the actors, especially Foxx, did an incredibly fine job and director Taylor Hackford should be congratulated for not giving up when others turned him down.