Ray Lives!... Foxx Rules!

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2005)

Jamie Foxx deserves all the awards for best actor this season as you just feel and see Ray Charles in every scene. He stated in interviews that he studied the early Ray tapes and interviews to keep the early Ray in perspective. That was a brilliant move and Jamie Foxx truly became a 30's something Ray.
I bought the DVD on its 1st day of release as I never got to the theater and while this may have been even more enjoyable with a crowd, it was still superb at home. You'll feel pain, joy, sadness, of his success and the temptations that seem to haunt all musicians. However you'll appreciate Ray Charles like never before and be singing long after the movie ends and buy his last Grammy Awarded album "Genius Loves Company." But that's another review for a music web-site!