The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)

caught this movie late night on some movie channel or another years ago, didn't expect much from it but by the end my roommates and i were in tears. it was so goofy and just uber. in the years since, i've been unable to find anyone who carries it or has even seen it, but if you can find it GRAB IT. innovative, original, just remarkably different in a very light hearted fun playful way.i normally don't hold much high esteem for carmen electra's acting skills. i love David hyde pierce, his narration was great. casting was actually really good considering some of the people they chose for the film.its done documentary style, or perhaps more like a nature show. the tone of the flick if i remember correctly was something like those mating habits of wild animals shows but with humans instead of animals and the "alien's" ideas on the particular purposes of some of the things we do were really funny. hope you all find it as enjoyable as we did

This spoof documentary explores the process of beginning a relationship between Jenny and Billy. But it uses really descriptive words for instance instead of "paper", they use "piece of parchment" and instead of "meat" the narrator says "the flesh of dead carcasses" or something like that. The narrator does a very good job. I really liked the film and thought it was so funny. There were so many laugh out loud bits for instance the bit with the superman and when Billy was ringing loads of Jenny's to find her. I was so glad that she didn't have the abortion. I was also happy that he was finally able to tell her he loved her. I saw the film last summer when I was away and we thought we'd watch it Co it looked so interesting and I'm glad I did. I watched it last night again. I was so tired but glad I stayed up to watch it. Its definitely not the best film I've seen but it still is very good.

This is a whimsical look at the human race through the eyes of an alien studying human beings and their mating rituals, much as a scientist might study the same behavior in chimps or zebras. The film is especially enjoyable if you're an aficionado of those nature pieces on the Discovery channel. The observer focuses on a young couple from their meeting at a bar, through their dating and sexual experimentation, to their marrying and having a child together. Carmen Electra looks stunning as the female of the pair, the male is played by some nameless swinging dick I don't remember. there is not any explicit sex or even nudity in the film, surprising after some of the comments I've read, but you can see far more skin AND sex on an episode of NYPD Blue. I'm no expert, but I really liked this film and so did my wife, a most unusual occurrence. I recommend it to anyone with a rather dry sense of humor and a taste for the subtle. (You won't see anybody smashed in the face with a pie) If I had to refer people to one underrated film of the last 20 or so years, this would be it. Take a chance and see it if you have a high I.Q. and are weary of car crashes and every film consisting of African- American actors calling each other the "N" word. Not mentioning any names here.

I found this film fascinating and very well done. The interest does not flag from beginning to end and the concept is so very true. In my 80 years I have seen this happen so often both with young people and old. I wish I were young again.