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Ray (2004)

Movie review: 'Ray'

Score: 100%

"(out of 4) When you play a genius on screen, you better have the right stuff yourself, or the camera will shrivel you. That doesn't happen in "Ray ..." Read Review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

Right as 'Ray'

Score: 62%

"Here's how good Jamie Foxx is in "Ray": For the duration of the film's 2 hours, it never once crosses your mind that you're watching an actor play ..." Read Review

The Boston Globe - Ty Burr

Review: Ray

Score: 70%

"A great piece of acting can knock the hell out of tainted preconceptions. Or, in the case of Ray , director Taylor Hackford's electrifying take on ..." Read Review

Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

Review: RAY

Score: 60%

"There are two broad schools of biographical pictures: Those that use their subjects as a means to explore larger issues think NIXON (1995) or THE ..." Read Review

TV Guide - Ethan Alter

Foxx a Ray of light

"PLOT: Biopic of Ray Charles, who overcame blindness and a heroin addiction on the way to becoming a soul pioneer. If filmgoers have been paying ..." Read Review

Canoe.ca - JANE STEVENSON

Ray

Score: 82%

"Ray follows the most volatile period of the legendary Ray Charles' career--from the time he was young man to his meteoric rise to global fame. ..." Read Review

Rocky Mountain News - Hollywood.com

Portrait Of Genius, Painted In Music

"The NY Times review of Ray, a Taylor Hackford film starring Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington. Ray movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader ..." Read Review

The New York Times - A.O. Scott

Loving ode a Ray of light

"There have been some uncanny biopics of music celebrities. To Gary Busey's Buddy Holly, Lou Diamond Phillip's Richie Valens, Sissy Spacek's ..." Read Review

Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON

Review: Ray

Score: 100%

"Ray Charles became blind at age 9, two years after witnessing the drowning death of his little brother. In a memory that haunted his life, ..." Read Review

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

Review: Ray

Score: 50%

"Taylor Hackford's Ray has a tremendous performance by Jamie Foxx and a soundtrack that is jammed with recordings by the late Ray Charles, ..." Read Review

Reelviews - James Berardinelli


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