Advantages: Superb performance by Jamie Foxx Disadvantages: Long and dull at times
and his music, and that is a good thing. However, much of the film was dull and monotonous and I really struggled at times not to turn it off. I am so glad that I didn't see it in the cinema - at two and a half hours it really is way too long and although I can imagine that the director wanted to do justice by Ray's life, he did so to the detriment of audience pleasure. I recommend this film if you are interested in RayCharles and his music, or simply want to appreciate Jamie Foxx's fine acting; otherwise, I think you may find the film too tedious unless split up into manageable chunks. Just about recommended.
The DVD is available from play.com for £5.99, but I picked mine up in Asda for just £2.
Classification: 15
Running time: 152 minutes (or a whopping 178 minutes for the extended version) ...
sunmeilan 21.05.2009
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Advantages: A great computer in a small package, wide range of software, excellent musicplayer Disadvantages: bad batterytime, not being able to delete single smss
softwares and none of them were really useful at all. It didnt bring anything new to my phone. It's a whole other case with iPhone. It opens up a world of possibilties. So when I hear the daily rants about how the iPhone doesn't send mms or doesnt shoot video, I just reply....yet! Cause it's just a matter of time and easily fixed to add those functions. They already exist in the unofficial appworld so it technically works on the iPhone. So it's in no way uncapable of doing this. People dropping these comments are to locked up in the traditional views of a cellphone. You unbox a new Nokia and it comes with 30 basic functions pf which you maybe use 5. iPhone on the other hands comes with 30 of its own functions and then you can customized it from the range of 1000's of apps, based on what you feel you need at the moment. I for one don't miss MMS ...
daniellubner 02.11.2008
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Advantages: Really innovative. One of the best reenactment of a legend Disadvantages: Some unneccesary Inclusion.
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Regina king ---- Margie Hendricks, The feary backup singer and mistress to Ray....
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Clifton Powell ----Jeff brown, The early manager for Ray
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C.J sanders--- RayCharles when he was Young. A first timer, he created an impression for himself in this movie. I was especially impressed at the natural way he acted that blind scene ...
tomi111 10.05.2005
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