Enchanting Acting and Powerful Story

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2015)

Taylor Hackford's 15 year vision finally came into fruition with this amazing movie of Ray. Jamie Foxx's portrayal of Ray Charles Robinson in the title role was powerful and moving. It is great to know that Fox had met Ray Charles multiple times and he even got to play piano with Ray. This made Foxx prime for this role especially considering Foxx's piano and singing abilities. The Oscar Awards associated with this movie, i can't recall at the moment how many it won, were well deserved. This movie outlined the career of a great musician from amazing perspectives. It fitted each element of his life in evenly and flawlessly. Drugs, woman, family, music, loss and pain. The amazing genre reach and breadth of Ray Charles career is covered throughout the movie in its display of the amazing music. Country, jazz, blues, gospel, etc. The most powerful scenes to me personally are found at the end of the movie. The last two scenes. Especially the re- connection that Ray has with his past. Overall this movie was brilliant and I would suggest it to many of my friends and family.