Andrew Sarris

Andrew Sarris did not review Baby Boom, but in his annual Oscar forecast column, he noted:

“Confidentially, if I were an Academy member this year, I would vote for Streep, though, if Christine Lahti (Housekeeping, Diane Keaton (Baby Boom), and Maggie Smith (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne) had received their merited nominations, I would have had a difficult time determining my vote….”

Sarris
Village Voice, March 15, 1988
[my copy incomplete--may have said more]