Amazing acting skills of Jamie Foxx, gripping story and... unfortunately too much hollywood.

Whatever, another glorified junkie had a movie made about him. Jamie Foxx still annoys me.

visual n audio masterpiece

Man, heavy story...wonderfully adapted, with near-perfect acting. Personally, I liked the flashback scenes more than the actual story (that scene where Ray as a boy falls and his mother doesn't do anything? DUDE!), and there were points when it felt ... (read more) Man, heavy story...wonderfully adapted, with near-perfect acting. Personally, I liked the flashback scenes more than the actual story (that scene where Ray as a boy falls and his mother doesn't do anything? DUDE!), and there were points when it felt a little drawn out...but overall, a great film.

Edit: Forgettable.

AWSOME

This movie is great tho Ray Charles himself picked Jamie Foxx to portray him .. He knew something in him that it would be magic

It takes all of five seconds, tops, to believe that Jamie Foxx is the young Ray Charles.

The music is inspired and the cast terrifically committed, but Ray is still a long way from being a good movie.

The movie would be worth seeing simply for the sound of the music and the sight of Jamie Foxx performing it. That it looks deeper and gives us a sense of the man himself is what makes it special.

It's a shame about Ray, because Foxx is trapped in a movie that takes the music icon's unique story and turns it into cheesy, sentimental American Dream cliches.

Despite a plodding, mechanical approach to dramatizing his life, Ray occasionally hits peaks of energy and delight worthy of his finest songs.