ray be interest in part and and technically it very well make and but ray be often sluggish and and forget some important detail about ray life . all the movie show u be part where he in his prime and and most successful and which be good and it just i want to see some bit about his old life too . jamie fox mimic ray charles to a t and at time it absolutely uncanny . i have to say and jamie be the reason i get through this movie . the 1st half be a lot well then the 2nd . it more interesting and it have more oomph and and it nowhere near as sluggish a the 2nd . i wasn not a big fan of ray charles to begin with to be honest and so i really do not have any expectation for the film and what so ever . ray big problem have to be the over length . this could have be cut very easily and with more relevant scene and other then the one they use . i find the early part of ray life when he be just start to get successful and the most interesting . he be humble back then and and somewhat a gentleman . and while the film may have over exaggerate his action and he get a bit too full of himself for me to care . performance . jamie fox give a performance for the age a ray . he look like ray and talk like ray and act like ray . he even sings like ray . this be much more then an impression and i truly believe he be and ray charles . he be the heart of the film and and without his presence and this film would have be a complete and utter bore . bottom line . ray be interest at time and dreadfully dull at others . when all be say and do and i be disappoint by how routine it seem at time . just because it a bibliographical film and doesen not mean it automatically oscar worthy . jamie fox deserve his oscar and but the movie be above average at best . worth a watch and but if i be you and i would keep my expectation at a rather comfortable level . positive .