Bye Bye Baby (film)

Bye Bye Baby
Directed byEnrico Oldoini
Screenplay byLiliane Betti
Paolo Costella
Enrico Oldoini
Produced byPio Andretti
Adriano De Micheli
StarringBrigitte Nielsen
Carol Alt
Luca Barbareschi
Jason Connery
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini
Edited byRaimondo Crociani
Music byManuel De Sica
Release date
  • 4 March 1988 (1988-03-04) (Italy)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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

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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

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Reception

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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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