The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

6.0

1999

90 mins

ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

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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Players

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Creator

Year : 1985Rating : ⭐ 6.2

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Splendor

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