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A waste of 90 minutes of my life

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Jamie Foxx deserves every drop of praise that he has received for this film. His performance goes beyond impersonation or embodiment, he simply becomes Ray Charles. It is such an amazing performance, that it serves to shine a light on some of the film's shortcomings. This is a largely by-the-numbers biopic that hits all the familiar beats -- drug abuse, family drama, breakout performances -- but Foxx elevates every moment of it.

Making the most out of ones situation. But also acknowledging the talent one has and being able to stand up to people trying to take advantage of you. And all that while not being able to see. Ray is a wonderful movie, that is not afraid to go to tough places and ask tough questions. It's also not just glorifying the person/musician many loved and still love for the music he made.No one starts from the top and especially back then, when you consider the color of the skin played a big role. While racism isn't gone and some could argue it resurfaced big again lately, this was made in a time when it seemed far away. Still Taylor Hackford is a great director and he knows how to get powerful performances out of his actors. Great story, great ups and downs and you don't even have to know much to really enjoy this human story ...

An uninspired, standard biopic that follows a familiar arc featuring poverty, fame and drug addiction, Ray tells us less about the man, and more about Hollywood formulas applied to music legends. Jamie Fox's Oscar winning impersonation of Ray Charles is excellent, but the character is one-dimensional and Fox's performance is all surface. The film features so many of Ray's songs that it feels like a jukebox musical. The film itself is undistinguished and overlong with a secondhand feel thanks to Taylor Hackford's strictly by the numbers direction and a screenplay that refuses to part with a single cliché. An A&E Biography would have been better and more authentic.

One look at Jamie Foxx is enough to understand that "Ray" will become as immortal as the person the movie is talking about. Above all, Jamie Foxx did not give us just a role he was playing, it is better to say that this was a kind of incarnation; he got into the charterer with complete respect, understanding and love. Fox's performance was felt with every tone every sound and spoken words. In addition to the physical similarities, there is also a complete transformation with the specific way he talks; his tics and glow he gained through his experience with music, everything that the vision could never give him. A great story only life could have write it.