Ray stars Jamie Foxx, man of the moment, as Ray Charles. This is out now and the DVD also contains an extra 25 minutes on the directors cut. However I’d had quite enough after two hours of the original version.

Foxx is terrific and looks exactly like Charles, the attention to period detail pays dividends, but the script is awful (“Hi – I’m Quincy Jones” says one character before he disappears) and glosses over Charles’ life to a crazy degree. It also provides a facile and inaccurate rationale for Charles’ behaviour in a bid to give the audience a tidy end and an uplifiting feeling. Bah.

Mild Peril Rating:

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