A documentary look at the great ambition of the great musician Ray Charles. Ray's life began very modest in the south, where he was blind at the age of seven and did not receive attention making him reach stardom. But he began a long struggle until he rose to stardom in a remarkable way, especially during the fifties and sixties, where he became the legend of music in his time. It is a true model of a musical legend.
31 August 1981, Houston, Texas, USA
31 July 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
August 18, 1983 in Kenner, Louisiana, USA
11 March 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 August 1969, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
6 June 1967, Redwood City, California, USA
21 February 1969, San Francisco, California, USA
8 April 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 August 1981, Dallas, Texas, USA
15 January 1971, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 November 1978, Houston, Texas, USA
14 October 1962, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
20 April 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 December 1938, Brussels, Belgium
14 November 1949, Amory, Mississippi, USA
14 January 1940, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
30 October 1992, Burlington, North Carolina, USA
February 05, 2011
A powerhouse performance piece for Jamie Foxx and a rock solid biopic.
November 02, 2004
Vibrantly intelligent and tough-minded.
October 31, 2004
Sure, 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.
November 04, 2004
Jamie Foxx's all-encompassing performance in the title role more than justifies the early Oscar gossip it has generated.
October 29, 2004
Foxx does what he's supposed to. He steals his own show.
April 29, 2009
I wanted excellent, but it's only mediocre.
June 21, 2007
Give Jamie Foxx the damn Oscar already, it's done.
August 25, 2010
Jamie Foxx is excellent, and sturdily supported by [James L.] White's script all the way.
December 28, 2010
Excellent portrayal of extraordinary musician.
May 16, 2007
Potent and vibrant as far as the music goes, but reticent, self-conscious and pretty much stuck on unexplored surfaces when it comes to this creative giant's complex life and times.
November 04, 2004
Eminently worth seeing.
October 29, 2004
To describe Foxx's performance here is to gush, and so gush we will.
