Praise for Alum Liev Schreiber in "Spotlight"
鈥淭here aren鈥檛 enough Oscars in the world to give to Spotlight,鈥 Detroit News film reviewer Adam Graham wrote of the film starring Liev Schreiber 鈥85F, a story which chronicles the Boston Globe鈥檚 investigation into the Boston Archdiocese鈥檚 decades-long cover-up of sexual abuse by its priests.
Schreiber has received high praise for his portrayal of Globe editor-in-chief Marty Baron. New York Times film critic A.O. Scott wrote that Schreiber plays Baron 鈥渨ith sphinxlike self-containment, while Entertainment Weekly鈥檚 Joe McGovern says his performance is 鈥渁 masterpiece of tranquility鈥 and 鈥渂est encapsulates the film鈥檚 unassuming, non-vainglorious, worker-bee approach to its story.鈥 Spotlight won awards for ensemble performance and best feature at the IFP鈥檚 Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City November 30, and many critics consider it a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar.
Read more about Spotlight and Liev Schreiber鈥檚 role:
Article Tags
