Bye Bye Love is a 1995 comedy-drama that deals with the central issue of divorce. It was directed by Sam Weisman and written by Gary David Goldberg and Brad Hall. It stars Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Brenneman, Eliza Dushku, Rob Reiner, and Lindsay Crouse. Gary David Goldberg (born June 25, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and producer for television and film . ... Hall anchoring Weekend Update Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. ... Gary David Goldberg (born June 25, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and producer for television and film . ... Hall anchoring Weekend Update Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. ... Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California is an American actor. ... Randall Rudy Randy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated actor and former comedian. ... Paul Reiser (March 30, 1957 – March 19, 2007) was an American actor, author and stand-up comedian, best known for his role in Mad About You. ... Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964 in Newton, New Jersey), is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer and former co-host on Air America Radios The Majority Report. ... Rob Reiner at the 1988 Emmy Awards Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation November - After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye. ... Gary David Goldberg (born June 25, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and producer for television and film . ... Hall anchoring Weekend Update Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. ... Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California is an American actor. ... Randall Rudy Randy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated actor and former comedian. ... Paul Reiser (March 30, 1957 – March 19, 2007) was an American actor, author and stand-up comedian, best known for his role in Mad About You. ... Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964 in Newton, New Jersey), is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer and former co-host on Air America Radios The Majority Report. ... Actress Amy Brenneman (born June 22, 1964 in New London, Connecticut) is best-known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue and Judging Amy. ... Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. ... Rob Reiner at the 1988 Emmy Awards Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... Lindsay Crouse (b. ...

Goldberg and Hall stated that they included in the script several fictionalized accounts of events that had happened to divorced friends of theirs.

Also acting in the film were Jayne Brook, and Ed Flanders in his last movie role. A not-yet-famous Jack Black has one line ("Reefer?") as a disc jocky at a party. Jayne Brook (born Jane Anderson on September 16, 1962 in Northbrook, Illinois) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama Chicago Hope. ... Ed Flanders (December 29, 1934-February 22, 1995) was an American actor best known for his roles as Lieutenant Bricker in the television series M*A*S*H and Doctor Donald Westphall in the television series He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 29, 1934. ... Jack Black (born Thomas J. Black, Jr. ...

The film's soundtrack includes performances by Linda Ronstadt, The Proclaimers, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ben Taylor, Everly Brothers and Jackson Browne. Linda Marie Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a multi-Grammy-winning, multi-platinum selling, and Emmy Award-winning American singer. ... The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twins Charlie and Craig Reid. ... Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning country/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, with a diverse musical style that is sometimes said to be unclassifiable. ... Ben Taylor (born Benjamin Simon Taylor on January 22, 1977) is a musician and actor. ... Don (born February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born January 18, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success in the 1950s. ... Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist, whose introspective lyrics made him one of the standouts in Southern Californias confessional singer-songwriter movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

Reception

The film was not considered particularly successful, grossing less than $13 million in the U.S. in its theatrical run. It has a 16% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Although overall critical reaction to the film was not positive, Janeane Garofalo's performance as the "date from hell" got good reviews, and earned her a nomination for an American Comedy Award. Many of the reviews complained that the movie played more like an episode of a sitcom than a feature film. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually since 1987 to honor performances and performers in the field of comedy. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ...

It was released on DVD in February of 2005, possibly in response to the growing popularity of Eliza Dushku.

Plot summary

The story focuses on three divorced fathers and lifelong friends: Dave Goldman (Modine), Vic Damico (Quaid), and Donny Carson (Reiser).

Dave is the father of two children: Ben (Ross Malinger) and Michelle (Mae Whitman). Dave dates Kim (Maria Pitillo), a woman much younger than he. This does not make his ex-wife Susan (Brenneman) happy, nor do his children care for Kim all that much. He also does not realize there are some underlying problems in his relationship with Kim. Dave's profession is not specified, but he may be a professor or a doctor. He appears to be the wealthiest of the three friends. Costarred with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the 1993 romantic drama/comedy Sleepless In Seattle. ... Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American television and voice actress. ... Maria Pitillo (b. ...

Vic (Randy Quaid) is a wrestling coach/driver's education teacher. He is the father to Meg, Jed, and toddler Lindsay. Vic is more than happy to be divorced from his wife, Grace (Lindsay Crouse). He assumes that she uses the child support to spend on herself. Vic is also not a big fan of her boyfriend, Gerald. He is probably the most loving father of the group as his children are very well-behaved. However, he knows that he is not perfect. Lindsay Crouse (b. ...

Donny is a real estate agent and has a teenage daughter, Emma (Dushku). Emma is more interested in hooking up with teenage McDonald's employee, Max Cooper (Johnny Whitworth), than spending time with her father. Donny always feels ex-wife Claire (Jayne Brook) will come back to him. He also feels he is in competition with rich stepfather, Phil (Brad Hall), who has more than provided for Claire and Emma. Donny's closest ally through all of this is Susan, to whom he is secretly attracted. Johnny Whitworth (born October 31, 1975) is an American actor. ... Jayne Brook (born Jane Anderson on September 16, 1962 in Northbrook, Illinois) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama Chicago Hope. ... Hall anchoring Weekend Update Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958, Santa Barbara, California) is an American writer and actor, best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News. ...

Joe is someone that is discussed over dinner between Donny and Emma. Emma can't remember Joe from her past but Donny insists she knows him causing her to violently shout out "I Know Joe!"

Other Supporting characters in the film include: Dr. David Townsend (Reiner), a radio therapist whom the three fathers dislike with a passion; Walter Sims (Ed Flanders), a retired auto worker who works at McDonald's and forms a friendship with Max; and Lucille (Garofalo), a woman who Vic takes out on a blind date and finds out she has multiple issues with everything.

External links

• Bye Bye, Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Bye Bye, Love at All Movie Guide