let get the flaw out of the way right off the top the movie should have be much longer . ray charles be a brilliant and fascinating man who lead a complex and challenging life . there be simply no way to fit it all or even touch on it all in a standard length movie . give that and the maker of this film do an admirable ( and i be sure quite agonize ) job of put together a film that could not tell the whole story yet manage to set forth a representative sampling of the man and his music . ray charles strength be evident throughout the film and his weakness be neither amplify nor sugar coat . we could have wish for another hour chronicle his life after 1980 and but i suppose that would have tend to turn the film into an homage and and while it would have also allow for the resolution of several thing that be leave hang at the end and on balance i guess it be well a present . now for the big question represent what be the criterion for an oscar . the wife and i have see untold number of film in our year and but we immediately agree that we have never see a performance the equal of jamie foxx . the line between actor and character be not blur but rather it disappear completely . we have hear much of the hype before see the movie and but this be uncanny . foxx be ray charles . you do not watch the movie with the feeling that you be watch foxx do an outstanding job of portray ray charles you watch it somehow believe or understand that you be watch ray charles himself . i do not know how else to put it . we be completely blow away . i will admit that we haven not see all of the other performance up for an oscar this year and but that really doesn not matter . foxx take this to a whole nuther level and one which we have never witness before and doubt that we may ever see again . i can think of no other movie i have ever see in which a person play a part so completely and convincingly become the person portray . we salute you and mr. foxx . we understand that the awarding of an oscar have to do with much more than the performance and but whether or not you win and we want you to know that you have do something that be in a class absolutely by itself and you should take enormous pride in your unparalleled achievement . p. s. the music be naturally great . i remark to the wife that if there be one moment in the history of music to which i wish i could have be witness and it would have be the genesis ( in kansa city and wasn not it . ) of what would i say . the film do a wonderful job with it just wish i could have be there .