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Ray

Ray

2004

Taylor Hackford

Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell ...

7.1

25,531

Drama The Life Story of Ray Charles. Soul singer Ray Charles' life transpires on-screen, from his humble beginnings in Georgia, where he went blind at the age of seven, to his pre-fame life touring the South, and on to his career as one of the most enduring, inimitable performers in modern music.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Jamie Foxx gets so far inside the man and his music that he and Ray Charles seem to breathe as one (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Ray' while not a great movie, is a very good movie about greatness, in which celebrating the achievement of one major artist becomes the occasion for the emergence of another."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Jamie Foxx suggests the complexities of Ray Charles in a great, exuberant performance (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"The film finds a good balance between the personal and the professional, as well as between the winning and the difficult aspects of the subject’s character"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"It succeeds more often than it doesn't, and thanks to a kinetic, mesmerizing performance by Jamie Foxx (...) [Hackford] certainly knows how to make a film about music so the production is smooth from start to finish"
		Ken Tucker New York Magazine	"It’s the Jamie Foxx breakout role. But the movie around it is so systematically 'inspirational' that it comes perilously close to sabotaging the breakout."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	It's a platform for Foxx's meticulous, winning performance and an exposition of Charles's remarkable musical adventures (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		William Thomas Empire	"Foxx's performance is nothing short of amazing, and Hackford's film overall does fine justice to Charles' musical legend and legacy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Clinton CNN	"A remarkable movie showcasing the symphony of Ray Charles' life. Foxx doesn't just imitate Charles, he becomes him."

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