Ray (2004)

7.1	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Biography (19), Music (15), Drama (11), Drugs (6), 2004 (6), Blindness (5), Biopic (5), 2000s (4), English (4), Segregation (4), Singer (4), Piano (3), Ray Charles (3), (3), Drug Addict (3), Drug Addiction (3), Bus Stop (2), Concert Hall (2), Genius (2), Black Singer (2)

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Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic of legendary soul and R&B singer Ray Charles. Skillfully edited and with a keen ... Full Descriptioneye for period detail, the narrative weaves in and out of the past in an interlocking tapestry of the man's rise to fame in the 1950s and '60s. Growing up poor, black, and blind in the rural south, Charles learn ... (more)

Directed by

Taylor Hackford

Starring (View all) :

Ray Charles

Della Bea Robinson

Margie Hendricks

Jeff Brown

Joe Adams

Fathead Newman

Mary Ann Fisher

Aretha Robinson

Young Ray Robinson

Ahmet Ertegun

Written by (View all) :

Taylor Hackford

(story) and

James L. White

(story)

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	RAY CHARLES - MESS AROUND - Movie "RAY" "Mess Around" was one of the first big hits by mus...

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PvtCaboose91

Brilliant biopic...

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 28 0:25

"I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance." Ray is a film that instigated a craze of music-orientated biopics in Hollywood, and there's little wonder considering the quality we're presented with here. Before this film, Jamie Foxx had a limited number of memorable performances on his résumé. Suffice to say, Foxx proved an able actor and delivers a truly outstanding performance. Throughout the whole movie he seems like Ray Charles. He physically looks like him and talks like him. The resemblance is uncanny. The man we see on screen does not appear to be Jamie Foxx; it feels like it's actually Ray Charles. It's no wonder that Foxx got an Oscar for his remarkable portrayal. Ray is the story of the life and career of singer Ray Charles - a man who...Read more

Rating : 9/10

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