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Boilerplate Biopic

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There’s nothing wrong with Ray that a little less hype couldn’t fix. As biopics go, it’s pretty good. Jamie Foxx is convincing as the iconic Ray Charles. Writer James L. White and writer/director Taylor Hackford employ a clumsily expository flashback structure that actually pays off beautifully at the end with a startling and unexpected moment of transcendence and vision. Two and a half hours clip by briskly. And there’s plenty of Charles’ music.

Tagged: Based on Real Events, Biopics, Dramas, Jamie Foxx, Ray, Ray Charles, Reviews, Taylor Hackford
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Perspective and the Past

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A marker of getting old – not old old, but well beyond one’s 20s – is recognizing the flaws of something once adored in youth. Twice recently I’ve had that experience, once while watching Peter Weir’s Fearless (from 1993) and more recently with Dolores Claiborne, the 1995 movie directed by Taylor Hackford and adapted from the Stephen King novel by Tony Gilroy.

Tagged: Dolores Claioborne, Dramas, Reviews, Self-Involvement, Stephen King, Taylor Hackford
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