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''Bye Bye Love'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sam Weisman, written by Gary David Goldberg and Creator/BradHall.

This film is a story about the breakup of the family. In particular, it focuses on the lifestyle of three divorced men in the Los Angeles area: Dave Goldman (Creator/MatthewModine), wrestling coach/driver's ed teacher Vic D'Amico (Creator/RandyQuaid), and real estate agent Donny Carson (Creator/PaulReiser).

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''Bye Bye Love'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sam Weisman, written with a script by Gary David Goldberg and Creator/BradHall.

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Creator/BradHall. The film is a story about the breakup of the family. In particular, it focuses on the lifestyle of centers around three divorced men friends and recently-divorced fathers in the Los Angeles area: Dave Angeles--Dave Goldman (Creator/MatthewModine), wrestling coach/driver's ed teacher Vic D'Amico (Creator/RandyQuaid), and real estate agent Donny Carson (Creator/PaulReiser).
(Creator/PaulReiser)--while they navigate their changed lives and their relationships with their children, ex-wives, and girfriends.

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''Bye Bye Love'' is a 1995 American RomanticComedy film. Creator/BradHall co-wrote the script

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''Bye Bye Love'' is a 1995 American RomanticComedy film. Creator/BradHall co-wrote the script

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romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sam Weisman, written by Gary David Goldberg and Creator/BradHall.

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film is a story about the breakup of the family. In particular, it focuses on the lifestyle of three divorced men in the Los Angeles area: Dave Goldman (Creator/MatthewModine), wrestling coach/driver's ed teacher Vic D'Amico (Creator/RandyQuaid), and real estate agent Donny Carson (Creator/PaulReiser).

Also in the cast are Creator/JaneaneGarofalo, Creator/RobReiner, Creator/AmyBrenneman, Ross Malinger, Dana Wheeler Nicholson, Creator/MaeWhitman, Creator/LindsayCrouse, Creator/AmberBenson, Creator/JayneBrook, and Creator/ElizaDushku.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Townsend quips that the only ones more miserable than divorced Americans are ''married'' Scandinavians.
* {{Bookends}}: The movie starts with the main trio of guys at a wedding reception and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue ends with them about to leave a different wedding reception.
* TheBroCode: Susan points out that Donny was well-aware of Dave cheating on her but said nothing, due to prioritizing loyalty to a male friend over a female friend. Donny is admittedly ashamed of this.
* BrokenTears: Vic's daughter when he has to drop her off at his former in-laws' house. She immediately starts crying once it's clear he's not staying.
* ConfirmationBias: In-universe. Donny reports that another couple the group knows are getting divorced after 11 years. Due to his own problems and experiences, Vic immediately assumes it was for trivial reasons and a slap in the face to the hard-working husband. He backtracks when Donny says said husband got caught sleeping with a secretary.
* DisappearedDad: None of the main trio are this, as they try to fit in as much time as possible with their kids, but Dave reveals to Donny near the end of the movie that his own father was this. His folks split up, and Dave wouldn't see his father for months on end. The first visit involved Dave not even recognizing the old man and being given a tennis racket (despite never once playing tennis).
* DisneylandDad: The featured dads are Type I. They love their kids dearly but only get every other weekend with them (or in some cases, two consecutive weekends), so they compensate by taking their younger kids to big attractions in town (anywhere with rides, a baseball game, etc.) to make the limited time more memorable. A montage shows them getting progressively winded trying to pack in a day full of fun but nonetheless soldiering on.


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* EveryoneHasStandards: Townsend sometimes doesn't fully appreciate what divorce does to an adult, but he is outraged when a caller tells a story of her ex promising to take their son to a hockey game on the kid's birthday, never showing up, and never explaining why.
-->'''Towsend:''' That son of a bitch!
* FreudianExcuse: Dave admits to Donny that he barely ever saw his father after his folks split up, to the point of not even recognizing him during the first visit. The fear of similarly alienating and screwing up his own kids drives a lot of his actions.
* HappinessInMinimumWage: Walter Sims is a senior citizen who works at the local UsefulNotes/McDonalds. He actually enjoys it and wants to pick up more shifts since it gets him out of his otherwise empty house.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Vic had a dog when he was married and still dotes on him. He even gets into it with Grace over who found the dog and cares for him the most.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Dr. David Townsend hosts a radio show and sometimes downplays how hard divorce can be for some parents. He's not meaning to be callous; he had four divorces of his own and is simply speaking from his own experiences. He's quite willing to hash it out with Vic in more detail when confronted in the studio (after being attacked, no less).
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Walter Sims ends up bonding with one of his younger co-workers, who takes a real shine to the old man.
* ManHug: After Dave admits his own fears of ending up like his DisappearedDad, Donny gives him a hug.
* PapaWolf: Grace's new boyfriend, Gerald, gave Jed "nothing more than a tap" in response to perceived rudeness. Vic tells Grace in all seriousness that should that ever happen again, he will kill the man without a second thought.
* ParentsAsPeople: A movie full of divorced parents having all sorts of lingering issues with each other and the emotional stress to go along with it, all while trying to keep their kids happy and move forward in life.


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* RageBreakingPoint: Vic reaches his by confronting Dr. David Townsend on-air and ranting about how divorce is complicated and stressful than his radio show makes it out to be. His rant ends up getting him his own radio show.


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* TruceZone: The exes are all shown exchange their kids at the neutral territory of the local UsefulNotes/McDonalds. Dr. David Townsend points out that it is custom for a lot of divorced parents to have agreed upon truce zones.
* TryingNotToCry: Vic when leaving his now crying daughter at the former in-laws' house.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Citing such items as Vic getting his own radio show and entering a relationship with Lucille, Donny and Susan starting a family, and Townsend getting married for the fifth time.

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''Wise Guys'' is a 1986 American BlackComedy film directed by Creator/BrianDePalma.

Italian American Harry Valentini (Creator/DannyDeVito) and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein (Creator/JoePiscopo) are at the bottom rung of the gang of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo (Creator/DanHedaya). They are sent to a racetrack to place a bet on Castelo's behalf. Harry changes horses at the last minute because his boss usually bets on the wrong one. However, this time Castelo had fixed the race, meaning that Harry and Moe now owe their boss $250,000. After a night of torture, both are forced to agree to kill each other, with each one made unaware that the other also made a deal.

Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'', also about gangsters, although one of that show's stars, Ray Sharkey, also has a prominent role here.

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is a 1986 1995 American BlackComedy RomanticComedy film. Creator/BradHall co-wrote the script

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film directed by Creator/BrianDePalma.

Italian American Harry Valentini (Creator/DannyDeVito) and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein (Creator/JoePiscopo) are at
is a story about the bottom rung breakup of the gang of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo (Creator/DanHedaya). They are sent to a racetrack to place a bet on Castelo's behalf. Harry changes horses at the last minute because his boss usually bets family. In particular, it focuses on the wrong one. However, this time Castelo had fixed lifestyle of three divorced men in the race, meaning that Harry Los Angeles area: Dave Goldman (Creator/MatthewModine), wrestling coach/driver's ed teacher Vic D'Amico (Creator/RandyQuaid), and Moe now owe their boss $250,000. After a night of torture, both are forced to agree to kill each other, with each one made unaware that the other also made a deal.

Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'', also about gangsters, although one of that show's stars, Ray Sharkey, also has a prominent role here.
real estate agent Donny Carson (Creator/PaulReiser).



* BigEater: Acavano is huge for a reason; following Harry's faked death, he's seen eating a sandwich during the funeral service.
* ExternalCombustion: Testing a car for this is one of Harry's chores, as the low man in the Family. Wincing, he turns the engine over, and doesn't blow up. He makes it back to the other happy laughing mobsters, including his boss, and they chat. THEN it blows up.
* FatBastard: Frank "The Fixer" Acavano, one of Castelo's top men, is a violent psychopath, and also heavyset.
* InterruptedSuicide: After believing to have killed Harry, Moe returns to his house and prepares to hang himself. Before doing so, sees a vision of Harry at the foot of the stairs. He quickly realizes that it is actually Harry, who arranged his death. Moe is thrilled, although he is so shocked that he is almost hanged anyway until Harry intervenes.
* KosherNostra: Moe is the sole Jewish gangster in Castelo's otherwise Italian-American gang.
* OhCrap: Castelo has one of these after he realizes [[spoiler:the house he's in is filled with gas, just as he took out a cigarette and his stooges routinely sparked their lighters for him, just before the house explodes, with him and his crew inside it]].
* RealMenCanCook: Harry and Moe, an Italian and Jewish gangsters respectively, dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen. However, they get little to no respect from their boss or his subordinates, who frequently ridicule them. [[spoiler:They eventually do have their dream realized at the end of the film.]]
* WatchThePaintJob: Harry and Moe swipe a classic '59 Cadillac belonging to a Mafia assassin, paint it pink, then eventually proceed to batter the hell out of it as part of a death wish/act of revenge.

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* BigEater: Acavano is huge for a reason; following Harry's faked death, he's seen eating a sandwich during DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: A scene that made it into the funeral service.
* ExternalCombustion: Testing a car for
trailer had this is one of Harry's chores, as the low man in the Family. Wincing, he turns the engine over, and doesn't blow up. He makes it exchange:
-->'''Claire:''' We had to take
back to the other happy laughing mobsters, including his boss, and they chat. THEN it blows up.
graduation dress.\\
'''Emma:''' It made me look fat.\\
'''Paul:''' You couldn't look fat if you ''wanted'' to!\\
'''Emma:''' Why would I want to look fat?\\
'''Paul:''' You wouldn't! You couldn't!
* FatBastard: Frank "The Fixer" Acavano, one of Castelo's top men, ProductPlacement: There's some heavy UsefulNotes/McDonalds product placement, with a branch being prominently featured.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The film
is a violent psychopath, and also heavyset.
* InterruptedSuicide: After believing to have killed Harry, Moe returns to his house and prepares to hang himself. Before doing so, sees a vision of Harry at
titled after the foot song of the stairs. He quickly realizes that it is actually Harry, who arranged his death. Moe is thrilled, although he is so shocked that he is almost hanged anyway until Harry intervenes.
* KosherNostra: Moe is
same name by Music/TheEverlyBrothers. A cover of the sole Jewish gangster song by Music/TheProclaimers is heard in Castelo's otherwise Italian-American gang.
* OhCrap: Castelo has one of these after he realizes [[spoiler:the house he's in is filled with gas, just as he took out a cigarette and his stooges routinely sparked their lighters for him, just before the house explodes, with him and his crew inside it]].
* RealMenCanCook: Harry and Moe, an Italian and Jewish gangsters respectively, dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen. However, they get little to no respect from their boss or his subordinates, who frequently ridicule them. [[spoiler:They eventually do have their dream realized at the end of
the film.]]
* WatchThePaintJob: Harry and Moe swipe a classic '59 Cadillac belonging to a Mafia assassin, paint it pink, then eventually proceed to batter the hell out of it as part of a death wish/act of revenge.
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''Wise Guys'' is a 1986 American BlackComedy film directed by Creator/BrianDePalma.

Italian American Harry Valentini (Creator/DannyDeVito) and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein (Creator/JoePiscopo) are at the bottom rung of the gang of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo (Creator/DanHedaya). They are sent to a racetrack to place a bet on Castelo's behalf. Harry changes horses at the last minute because his boss usually bets on the wrong one. However, this time Castelo had fixed the race, meaning that Harry and Moe now owe their boss $250,000. After a night of torture, both are forced to agree to kill each other, with each one made unaware that the other also made a deal.

Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}'', also about gangsters, although one of that show's stars, Ray Sharkey, also has a prominent role here.
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* BigEater: Acavano is huge for a reason; following Harry's faked death, he's seen eating a sandwich during the funeral service.
* ExternalCombustion: Testing a car for this is one of Harry's chores, as the low man in the Family. Wincing, he turns the engine over, and doesn't blow up. He makes it back to the other happy laughing mobsters, including his boss, and they chat. THEN it blows up.
* FatBastard: Frank "The Fixer" Acavano, one of Castelo's top men, is a violent psychopath, and also heavyset.
* InterruptedSuicide: After believing to have killed Harry, Moe returns to his house and prepares to hang himself. Before doing so, sees a vision of Harry at the foot of the stairs. He quickly realizes that it is actually Harry, who arranged his death. Moe is thrilled, although he is so shocked that he is almost hanged anyway until Harry intervenes.
* KosherNostra: Moe is the sole Jewish gangster in Castelo's otherwise Italian-American gang.
* OhCrap: Castelo has one of these after he realizes [[spoiler:the house he's in is filled with gas, just as he took out a cigarette and his stooges routinely sparked their lighters for him, just before the house explodes, with him and his crew inside it]].
* RealMenCanCook: Harry and Moe, an Italian and Jewish gangsters respectively, dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen. However, they get little to no respect from their boss or his subordinates, who frequently ridicule them. [[spoiler:They eventually do have their dream realized at the end of the film.]]
* WatchThePaintJob: Harry and Moe swipe a classic '59 Cadillac belonging to a Mafia assassin, paint it pink, then eventually proceed to batter the hell out of it as part of a death wish/act of revenge.
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