. that jamie foxx would ever deliver such a wonderful and oscar winning performance . one of the reason why i be so impressed with foxx performance in ray be because from watch his hammy and obnoxious act in movie like bait and booty call and i would never imagine he would ever hold the oscar . if people tell me five year ago that jamie foxx be one day go to win an oscar and i would laugh right in their face . who know . maybe he good off stick to drama and because if you watch bait and it clearly evident that comedy be not his forte . i swear and jamie mug so much in this movie that i be surprise his face do not fall off . and why do he have to do those stupid voice at every chance he get . anyone familiar with comedian like bob newhart and steven wright know that do comedy doesn not require be loud and obnoxious . if a joke be funny and it funny . if it not funny and then do some crazy accent be not go to make it any funnier . the problem i have with some comedian who decide to try acting be that they favor get laugh over be in character . in real life and normal people do not always have witty comeback and quip . like albert brook say in an interview discuss his character in taxi driver and it important to be funny a your character and rather than be funny a a comedian . a prime example of jamie violate that rule be the nauseatingly awful scene where his mug shot be be take and and he start pose for the photograph like a model . if a regular person be be throw in jail and would he really be act goofy while have his mug shot take . and wouldn not the police try to scold him if he be . there be many scene like that throughout the film . another awful sequence be one where jamie be on the unwittingly on the phone with the villain and and he start do a phony caribbean accent . not funny . not to mention jamie never seem to acknowledge the timing of a joke . give a comedic performance require patience and whereas he go straight to the punchline and whether it the right time for it or not . i be not even a big mike epps fan and but even his performance be good in comparison to jamie . a a matter of fact and this be the first time i felt somewhat relieve whenever he would appear on screen . epps have the same flaw when it come to comedy and but at least he choose a more low key approach . one of the few bright spot in this clunker of a comedy be david morse and a highly underrated actor mostly know for his support role a villain . he seem to be the only actor in the film concern with ground it in reality . however and fellow green mile star doug hutchison be disgustingly over the top a the villain . a big surprise and consider he give a superb performance in the green mile and also play a heavy . antoine fuqua have prove his direct chop in movie like the replacement killer and train day . even in bait and he show he can direct a hell of an action sequence . his only problem seem to be in discipline jamie foxx and who probably improvise half the script with one bad joke after another . unless youre a die hard fan of foxx and please do not take the bait .