| Ray Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 8/10) |
| CAPSULE: As a biopic RAY follows a time-honored
formula. Jamie Foxx is magnetic as Ray Charles
but does not show us enough inner conflict. The
film is at its best showing the roots of the
character. But the music is fine and...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| To say that Jamie Foxx plays Ray Charles is to shrink his performance
to a mimicry. Ray Charles has some pretty distinct mannerisms, sure,
and he's can be as familiar to all of us as a beloved grandparent,
but this is more than just a great act of...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| Ray Charles may have sang "Georgia on My Mind."
But Jamie Foxx, who embodies the heart and soul
of Ray Charles in "Ray," certainly has Oscar on
his mind. The biopic of the legendary performer
gives us a window into his younger years as he
slowly defined...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Wahid Sharif (Rating: A) |
| Memo to the Academy: If Jamie Foxx doesn't win the Academy Award for Best
Actor for his dynamic and multi-layred performance in "Ray", then all of you
seriously need your heads examined thoroughly. Trust me when I say this: Foxx's
performance, isn't...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| In 1930s rural Florida a seven-year old boy watches his younger brother drown
in the washtub his mother makes her living from, then the light slowly begins
to fade from his eyes. Strengthened by his mother Aretha's tough love and his
promise to her to...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Ray" (Universal Pictures)
Ray Charles was an American legend - and I predict Jamie Foxx will be one
of this year's hottest Oscar contenders for his charismatic portrayal of this
pioneering musical genius whose courage...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| RAY (2004): 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington,
Regina
King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Aunjanue Ellis, Sharon
Warren,
C.J. Sanders, Curtis Armstrong, Richard Schiff and Larenz Tate. Story by
Taylor
Hackford...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| In terms of biopics, Ray offers little that we haven't seen in countless
other films about real people. Were it not for the electrifying turn of
Jamie Foxx and a soundtrack full of songs that'll make you want to jump up
and dance, the Taylor Hackford...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| In the warts-and-all biopic, RAY, Jamie Foxx plays Ray Charles, "a blind 'Bama
boy" who swept the music world with his unique blend of R&B and gospel music.
Last seen as the good guy cab driver opposite the bad guy hit man Tom Cruise in
COLLATERAL, Foxx...more |
| Ray Review |
| by Erin Cullin (Rating: 9/10) |
| If there was one film that I wanted to see at this year's Toronto International
Film Festival, it was Ray, the Ray Charles biopic directed by Taylor Hackford
(who also directed the very successful Ritchie Valens biopic, La Bamba). After
having seen the...more |
