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By John Venable (339) for Supercala.com (431) on 28 Oct 2004

although Foxx's performance may go down as one of the best in a biopic ever, I feel as though the film itself will be remembered as good,…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 28 Oct 2004

Jamie Foxx is incredible as musical giant Ray Charles…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 28 Oct 2004

If only the movie contained half as much life as Foxx, it would be something truly remarkable -- a movie with soul, rather than one merely about it…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 28 Oct 2004

Ray has the sound, drive, heat and wallop of Ray Charles…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 28 Oct 2004

Though he's adapting the same story Grisham always tells, that of an ethical, talented and inexperienced attorney taking on and outwitting…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 28 Oct 2004

Foxx manages to win the tug-of-war with the melodramatic material, giving a tour-de-force performance…

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By Louis B. Hobson (245) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 28 Oct 2004

What makes Foxx's performance so remarkable is that he doesn't just get into the skin of this music icon, but into the man's very soul…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 28 Oct 2004

The music numbers are lively, the supporting cast solid, and the direction by Taylor Hackford is fully efficient…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 28 Oct 2004

Foxx's spectacular, eerily accurate performance as Charles makes what would have been a rather sketchy movie better…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 28 Oct 2004

Foxx gives one of the year's best performances, and early talk about an Oscar nomination is entirely justified…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 28 Oct 2004

The singer had a hit with 'Drown in My Own Tears,' but he staunchly refused to do that all his life, and Ray honors his spirit…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Oct 2004

The Rainmaker, unlike most Grisham films, doesn't have to drag a high-paid superstar around and give him all the best lines…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Oct 2004

Reductive and simplistic, but whenever Foxx opens his mouth to sing and the voice of Ray Charles comes out, the film is a pleasure…

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By Kit Bowen (393) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 28 Oct 2004

Wow. Foxx's portrait of the man, the myth, the legend is nothing short of remarkable, a tour de force…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Oct 2004

Ray collapses lore and desire into metaphorical, emotional, and narrative economy, occasioned by a groundbreaking song…

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By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 28 Oct 2004

Foxx, at the center of the turbulence in the title role, turns in a remarkable, soulful performance…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 28 Oct 2004

[Foxx is] astonishing... using his whole body... to express himself eloquently…

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By David Foucher (211) for EDGE Boston (239) on 27 Oct 2004

Ray starts out well... and then falls into the entrenched paths of just about every other overwrought, over-long musical biopic ever filmed…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Anchorage Press (104) on 27 Oct 2004

Foxx completely disappears into the role, embodying the great man so much so that one instantly forgets it's Foxx up there…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 27 Oct 2004

But the movie belongs to Foxx, who should garner a best actor Academy Award nomination, if not the statue itself, for his astounding performance…

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