 Christy Lemire, the movie critic for the "Associated Press", praised Freasier as a "confident newcomer", and the "Los Angeles Times" labeled him "a budding star".In a film review published in "Christianity Today", political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain called Freasier's performance "astonishing".During his Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Actor, Day-Lewis said "I wish my son and my partner H.W.