The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

A How-To-Do-It Guide.

APPROPIATE

1999 / 90min.

Rating5.9

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Science Fiction

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Lucy Liu

Mackenzie Astin

Carmen Electra

David Hyde Pierce

Marc Blucas

Jack Kehler

Leo Rossi

Eric Kushnick

Lisa Rotondi

Linda Porter

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