Bye Bye Baby (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Bye Bye Baby

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| screenplay = Liliane Betti
Paolo Costella
Enrico Oldoini

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| director = Enrico Oldoini

| producer = Pio Andretti
Adriano De Micheli

| cinematography = Giuseppe Ruzzolini

| music = Manuel De Sica

| editing = Raimondo Crociani

| studio = Dean Film{{cite web|title=Bye bye baby (1988)|website=Archivio del Cinema Italiano|access-date=23 December 2024|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=MM7820}}

Reteitalia

| distributor = United International Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1988|03|04|Italy|df=yes}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

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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.{{cite web |title=Bye Bye Baby |work=8 Ball on the Silver Screen |first=Jason |last=Moss |date=5 July 2017 |url= http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/bye-bye-baby/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170920224614/http://www.billiardsmovies.com/billiards-movies-2/bye-bye-baby/ |archive-date=20 September 2017 |access-date=25 November 2017}}

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.{{cite news|title=Razzie is the ultimate dishonor for bad acting |url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/147596060/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 November 2016 |via=Newspapers.com |work=The Republic |location=Columbus, Indiana |date=14 February 1990 |page=33}}

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.Quoted in Moss (2017). 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.