Amy Brenneman, Cameron Boyd, Danny Masterson

Ah, the sensitive male of the 1990s. He's nowhere to be found in this wan comedy about three divorced dads and the weekend each spends with his kids. It opens with the ritual of the divorced: mothers ...( read more  read more... )handing off kids to dads in neutral territory, the local McDonald's. Then the three buddies at the center of this film (Paul Reiser, Randy Quaid, and Matthew Modine) go their separate ways. Reiser is looking for a way to win his ex-wife back (and comes across as a hangdog drip); Modine is the group's womanizer who chases a variety of females, while seemingly ignoring his kid. Quaid has the film's only comedically fruitful role as the group's most cynical member who goes on the world's worst blind date with the hilariously off-the-wall Janeane Garofalo. Harmless, occasionally funny, but unremarkable. --Marshall Fine

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Directed by: Sam Weisman

Release Date: June 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005

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  • October 25, 2008
    I liked this movie. The three divorced men care about their children, and have difficulties with dating after their divorce. The kids more-or-less understand the difficulties of divorce, so I see the movie as providing some hope for a lousy situation.
  • August 3, 2007
    A comedy about the ups and downs of divorce in the 90's. It can only really be understood if you've been through a divorce either as a parent or child. Its really great and Reiser and Quaid are great.
  • July 23, 2008
    We watched Bye Bye Love in my Human Relationships class and it was the only movie I disagreed with my professor on(the Story of Us and When Harry Met Sally were also shown). He saw it as a wonderful story about fathers dealing with divorce but my friends and I found it very annoy...( read more)ing. It's so sterotypical with its characters. I would recommend Parenthood for a better film about family frustrations. The only reason to see this movie is Janeane Garofalo who is one of the only likable and funny characters.
  • December 25, 2007
    Fantastic movie!
  • August 27, 2009
    Very disturbingly and shockingly, I enjoyed this Mild/Family Comedy. It was a paticularly a warm-your-heart comdedy, than a laugh-your-frickin'-ass off, Piss your pants comedy. Modine and Quaid make this one enjoyable flick.
  • June 13, 2009
    don't say this a lot...but it was a great divorce movie.
  • February 5, 2009
    I really like Paul Reiser in this! Randy Quaid is pretty funny, too. Cool look at divorced dads.
  • June 13, 2008
    Love watching this very mild/comedy of family life after couples divorce or get seperated
  • June 10, 2008
    Soem funny bits, but the Riser thing wears thin.
  • March 21, 2008
    not a bad film some funny bits in it

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