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Title: one star for Jamie Foxx
Review: Jamie Foxx does a good job of inhabiting the character of Ray Charles, but the film is just the stock standard Hollywood story of fame and excess we've seen a million times before. It's thoroughly embarrassing. The rags to riches trajectory, the hyper-indulgence in lavish living, the drugs, and oh, he has a taste for the ladies - what a clever plot twist. Of course he rises above it, kicks the drugs (with perfunctory tough love from a doctor in the clinic). Ray plays like the most predictable VH1 Behind the Music segment - wholly unoriginal, stepping hard on every cliché. Over-hyped drivel and an absolute must miss.
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