Bye Bye Baby (film)

Bye Bye Baby
Bye Bye Baby
Directed by	Enrico Oldoini
Screenplay by	Liliane Betti; Paolo Costella; Enrico Oldoini
Produced by	Pio Andretti; Adriano De Micheli
Starring	Brigitte Nielsen; Carol Alt; Luca Barbareschi; Jason Connery
Cinematography	Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited by	Raimondo Crociani
Music by	Manuel De Sica
Release dates	4 March 1988 (Italy); April 1989 (USA);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian; English (dubbed);

Bye Bye Baby is a 1988 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Enrico Oldoini. The film starred Brigitte Nielsen and Carol Alt. It is one of the few films to feature five-pin billiards on-screen in any detail.^[1]

Plot summary[]

A couple from Milan, Sandra and Paolo, engage in a series of extramarital affairs, reconciliations, escapades, and eventual divorce, beginning during a vacation to Mauritius. Sandra becomes involved with a handsome doctor, Marcello, while Paolo falls for Lisa, a professional billiards player.

Cast[]

Carol Alt as Sandra
Luca Barbareschi as Paolo
Brigitte Nielsen as Lisa, a professional five-pin billiards player
Jason Connery as Marcello, a medical doctor

Reception[]

Brigitte Nielsen was nominated for a Golden Raspberry ("Razzie") for Worst Actress at the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, where she ended up losing to Heather Locklear for The Return of Swamp Thing.^[2]

Los Angeles Times panned the film as thematically repetitive, "daringly banal", and a failure as a sex farce because so little of it is actually comedic.^[3] Billiards film review site 8 Ball on the Silver Screen also criticized the film for its unbelievable billiards scenes that indicated no training of Nielsen for the role.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Moss, Jason (5 July 2017). "Bye Bye Baby". 8 Ball on the Silver Screen. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "Razzie is the ultimate dishonor for bad acting". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. 14 February 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Quoted in Moss (2017).

External links[]

Bye Bye Baby at IMDb
Bye Bye Baby at Rotten Tomatoes

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[Moss_2017-1] Moss, Jason (5 July 2017). "Bye Bye Baby". 8 Ball on the Silver Screen. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[2] "Razzie is the ultimate dishonor for bad acting". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. 14 February 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Quoted in Moss (2017).

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