David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)

A How-To-Do-It Guide.

★ 6/10 September 3, 1999 90 min

ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

Director: Jeff Abugov  ·  Writer: Jeff Abugov

David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.

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Director

Jeff Abugov

Cast

Mackenzie Astin The Male Carmen Electra The Female David Hyde Pierce The Narrator Markus Redmond The Male's Friend Lucy Liu The Female's Asian Friend Lisa Rotondi The Female's Slutty Friend Sharon Wyatt The Male's Mother Jack Kehler The Male's Father Leo Rossi The Female's Father Antonette Saftler The Female's Mother Marc Blucas The Female's Ex-Boyfriend Anne Gee Byrd The Female's Boss