Ray Womps

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2007)

I really did not enjoy this movie. Yes, the acting from Jamie Foxx is first-rate and yes, he did deserve his Academy Award win, but the movie itself was a big disappointment. It was hard for me to stay in the theater. If you want to rent it just to see Jamie Foxx at his best, then that is smart, but don't rent it if you expect to have the feeling of watching a great movie. The decisions he makes are absolutely ridiculous. Being blind doesn't impair your judgment, but it sure seemed like it did in this film. Too many characters are introduced too late, and all of the sudden we are supposed to care about them, and I found myself not caring in the least for any of them. I don't know how it got its nomination for Best Picture, but somehow it did. I do not think anyone expecting to watch a good movie should rent this, because I thought it was ever so boring, ever so unbelievable, and ever so bad.