The Worst Film Ever

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i must have seen a different film!!

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The movie Ray was an incredibly big critical hit in 2004 and earned a spot in film history as the first African-American biopic to be nominated for 6 Academy Awards and in my opinion rightfully the movie truly earned those Academy Award nominations simply for the stunning editing techniques. This film is a biographical film that is based on the real-life blind musician Ray Charles and his successes and downfalls that also revolves around the wicked, self- indulgent effect that fame can have and how it causes his social life to quietly fall down a hole. The fact that the film deals with the cause of fame means that it is very honest, realistic and confronting in my opinion because of how some people are naive to the consequences of being famous. The message of this is also carried along in a very well made flow throughout the development of the film as we get to know Ray Charles and his past and we get to know some of Ray Charles's inner demons that show us that even the most perfect people can have flaws. The film itself is very well made purely because of the even pacing, exciting editing and ear- pleasing music, and with all that a dedicated performance by Jamie Foxx is given to execute it. This will probably be one of the more exciting biopics you will see in your life, so why not give this a watch?

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.

Ray would never work if it didn't have Jamie Foxx in it i was never a big fan of his but his acting in this film was amazing his walk, his voice, the way he sings and plays the piano everything was awesome here the rest of the cast was good but he is the only one who truly shines and overshadows them all. The movie also won 2 Oscars and the thing that it has a 7.7 rating here in IMDb it kills me it should get more than an 8 for sure. Definitely one of his best movie roles and films he ever made. If you haven't seen it please do it's an amazing movie and you need to watch it right now it's a perfect 10 out of 10 an Amazing Film!!!

Ray (2004): Dir: Taylor Hackford / Cast: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Sharon Warren, Larenz Tate: Fascinating account of the life of R & B musician Ray Charles who became blind at the age of seven and orphaned at fifteen. He developed a fear of water as a traumatic result of witnessing his brother drown. He becomes tremendously successful by blending gospel music and soul but he also struggles with a heroin addiction. There is a lot here and the detail that director Taylor Hackford puts forth is convicting. Jamie Foxx is absolutely brilliant in speech and posture. As Charles we witness his upbringing, relationships and the switching of record labels, which is played out almost like a breach of trust since one company has remained loyal while the other has a bigger offer. Strong supporting work by Kerry Washington as his wife who puts up with his shortcomings and aids when addiction surfaces. Regina King plays a singer whom he has an affair with. The difference between the two women is where he remains. Sharon Warren plays his mother with authority who commanded that he not become a cripple and to face life's challenges. Larenz Tate appears as the legendary Quincy Jones among other musicians gracing this project. Film demonstrates the physical and emotional defects of one great American icon who overcame it all. Score: 10 / 10