The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
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Directed byJeff Abugov
Written byJeff Abugov
Produced byLarry Estes
Starring Carmen Electra
Mackenzie Astin
Lucy Liu
Narrated by David Hyde Pierce
Music by Michael McCarty
Distributed by Independent Artists
Release date
  • September 3, 1999 (1999-09-03)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,634 (US) [1]

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human is a 1999 American mockumentary directed and written by Jeff Abugov, and starring David Hyde Pierce, Carmen Electra, Lucy Liu, and Mackenzie Astin.

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Premise

Hyde Pierce, acting out the role of an alien (credited as "infinity-cubed" in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late 20th-century American city, presenting findings and opinions 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. Among other themes the film explores the possibility that, whenever describing their interpretations of other species' acts and feelings, humans may get everything wrong.

Plot

Billy, a shy young man looking for a date, meets the beautiful Jenny Smith at a nightclub. They enter a relationship where Billy is bashful to tell Jenny that he loves her due to fear of being "trapped", and both paramours receive advice from their respective friends. The couple engage in sexual encounters while using barrier devices; during these encounters Billy is unable to reveal to Jenny his affection.

Then, one year after their first meeting, Billy and Jenny decide to take a vacation, and (hastily) sleep together without condoms or diaphragms. Soon after, Jenny discovers that she is pregnant, and argues with Billy, who accuses her of trapping him into marriage. The couple take bad consultations from their coworkers. Eventually, Jenny decides to go to a clinic to abort her unwanted child. Billy comes to his senses and stops her from doing so, resulting in the two confessing their love for one another.

The film ends with Billy and Jenny getting happily married and celebrating the birth of their child.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 33% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.7/10. [2] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 26 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved August 19, 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2024-08-19.


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