Balanced and powerful

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2015)

The story is nicely well balanced and powerful. The movie creators did a great job in creating those powerful scenes that exposes the real character. I honestly didn't have any significant experience in knowing Ray Charles' life events or works, but having seen Get On Up before I saw this movie, I'm pretty sure that the latter was partially inspired by this movie in terms of honesty and balance. The movie nicely explore the beginnings and the childhood in a way that doesn't bore down viewers using the alternating back and forth story flow. The acting overall is indeed one worthy of an Oscar. Jamie Foxx's role is so natural that it's very clear that he's really affected by the character he played.