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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

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In this mockumentary, an observant alien reveals the bizarre and hilarious truth about human dating rituals and relationships. The alien (David Hyde Pierce) focuses on two young people who meet in a Los Angeles nightclub. As "the male" (Mackenzie Astin) and "the female" (Carmen Electra) embark upon their new relationship, the alien documents candid moments from their courtship, offering up anthropological commentary and analysis along the way.
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Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Rory L. Aronsky Film Threat Doesn't know its full comedic potential Rated: 3/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com One concept that wears thin within five minutes. Rated: 1.5/4 Dec 28, 2004 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 1/5 Jan 10, 2003 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 8, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark C Doesn't take itself too seriously at all. Watchable Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review Audience Member What can one expect from an independent film? It's difficult for an independent film to be decent but it's simply easier for an independent film to be bad. However, this phrase doesn't get thrown out often but The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human should be considered a movie that is so bad, it's somewhat and somehow good. The acting performances from Carmen Electra and Lucy Liu reasonably passable. While I personally wasn't very fond of the humor in this Woody Allen-style independent film, someone out there in the world can find the humor in this film so cheesy that it can turn out to be pretty funny for them. Despite me being lenient of some of the good qualities (acting performances) and decent qualities (the humor), the film still has a lot of horrendous qualities. The film's writing was highly idiotic and pathetic as some of the characters in the film make some ludicrous decisions. Another beyond awful quality was the film's editing as there were plenty of continuity errors. As it was said before, The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human is bad but it's actually so bad it's good. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member The ONLY reason I even considered watching this is because of David Hyde Pierce. Honestly it's a terrible movie with really bad acting. The narration is meant to be funny. Some of it is, but I wasn't impressed at all. Maybe that's why it took me so long to watch it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Without the narration, it would be bland, but Pierce's commentary is genuinely hilarious. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member This was funny. I liked Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Documentário feito por alienígenas sobre os hábitos humanos de reprodução. Interessante o estranhamento que o filme causa, apesar da comédia. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jeff Abugov

Director

Mackenzie Astin

The Male (Billy)

Carmen Electra

The Female (Jenny Smith)

Markus Redmond

The Male's Friend

Lucy Liu

The Female's Friend (Lydia)

Lisa Rotondi

The Female's Slutty Friend (Lana)

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Synopsis In this mockumentary, an observant alien reveals the bizarre and hilarious truth about human dating rituals and relationships. The alien (David Hyde Pierce) focuses on two young people who meet in a Los Angeles nightclub. As "the male" (Mackenzie Astin) and "the female" (Carmen Electra) embark upon their new relationship, the alien documents candid moments from their courtship, offering up anthropological commentary and analysis along the way.
Director
Jeff Abugov
Producer
Larry Estes
Screenwriter
Jeff Abugov
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Independent Artists
Production Co
Columbia, TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 3, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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