jamie foxx do an incredible job play ray charles . i love this movie because every so often there would be a flashback scene and then to the current movie . when ray charles be little and he go blind and his mother do not baby him . she be a strong woman who do not treat him any different because he be blind . she make him do thing on his own and that really push him to become a great musician later on in life . his mother also send him to school as well . then when ray charles become a man and he could stand up for himself and take care of himself but there be a downfall into narcotic and sex and betrayal . when i be discourage about something i can just think of this movie and it will inspire me .