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Rating: PG-13
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King
9.7/10
This is the Oscar winning biopic of legendary soul musician Ray Charles. Young Ray watches helplessly as his little brother drowns at the age of 7. When he loses his sight at the age of 9, his hardworking mother urges him to not feel sorry for himself. He eventually rises through the ranks of the Seattle jazz scene, struggling with drug addiction and infidelity while on tour. Supported by his loving wife, Ray redefines soul music and inspires a generation.
This was so good! An almost perfect biopic of a very famous musician. I couldn’t have been more impressed with this movie. Jamie Foxx was literally the best part, I loved him in this role! He obviously knows what he’s doing and makes a full effort to “become” Ray Charles. I haven’t seen Kerry Washington in much so I can’t give a very detailed opinion of her acting skills in general, but she did good too. The story of Ray Charles’s life is shown here in great detail. The film really dives deep into who he was, not just as a musician, but as a person. I love it when this happens in a movie like this. It helps you relate to and understand the topic of the biopic more. Even though he was blind, Ray overcame the difficulty because of his mother’s teachings, and went on to become hugely successful. However, Ray Charles did suffer from heroin addiction, and the film focuses partly on that. It shows the withdrawal symptoms he went through and also while he was on heroin how that affected both his music and his personal life.
He had to learn how to push past those obstacles that were holding him back, and that’s a good message and very inspirational of a story. Another thing that haunted Ray later in life and really influenced some of his later decisions, was the death of his little brother. This is the saddest thing in the movie. You hate to see Ray suffer from the painful memories of his past, but he can’t help it. The saddest part is near the end, it literally made me cry. I cry during movies few and very far between, but this got me.
The best part of this movie, for me, was the message(s). Never give up even in your current circumstances, and always know that you can do whatever you want in your life as long as you believe in yourself. A very beautiful film, to say the least.
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