Mating Habits of the Earthbound Humans (1999)

This whimsical sex comedy presents itself as an alien documentary on the rituals and habits of terrestrial romance. Featuring Mackenzie Astin (The Last Days of Disco) and a tightly clad Carmen Electra (from the once-popular TV show Baywatch) as the Male and Female, the movie's at its best when the alien's commentary (voiced with supercilious aplomb by David Hyde Pierce, Wolf, Frasier) misinterprets flirting behavior at nightclubs. The jokes grow thinner as dating turns into a relationship (and the humor's perspective is decidedly male). Still, there are moments of wit, and the overall tone of The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human is more silly than smarmy, which sets it apart from most of the sex comedy genre. Also featuring Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels). --Bret Fetzer Amazon.com

So Bad it's Good

As long as you pretend you are watching National Geographic or the Discovery Channel this stuff is awesome. The acting is incredibly terrible, yet adds to the quirky charm of this offbeat movie about human sexual behavior. The "alien" narrator, who is never seen, (a la "National Geographic" narrator) saves the film from being mediocre trash by giving deadpan explanations for the behavior of the "mated pair." Of course the explanations are usually wrong and funny. The humor in this movie is aimed mostly at the male ego, although I'm sure there are some women who will find this movie funny as well. If you like Kevin Smith movies you will find this funny as well. (at least the first time you watch it.) P.S. Watch this with friends, don't endure this alone. March 4, 2008

Hilarious

Alien's view of the human dating and mating game. When you look at it from that viewpoint we do some really wierd and funny stuff. 'Alien' commentary throughout. Hilarious, but not for younger teenagers. January 7, 2008

Hilarious!

Yesterday, 11/02/07, this movie brightened a dull day for me. If only someone other than Carmen Electra had played the lead female role! Mackenzie Astin, other reviewers to the contrary, was just right as the testosterone-driven male lead. Carmen Electra looked too old and worn for her part. Nonetheless, this is a good deal better than a great many Hollywood comedies of more recent vintage. Though the idea is an almost obvious one, it comes to life because of the clever script. It IS better than most of Woody Allen. Thank goodness no one had the poor judgment to cast Jim Carrey in the male lead. Astin's character has to be played, as he does it, naively and innocently jn order for the movie not to seem overly contrived. Where has Astin's career gone? November 3, 2007

I love finding these great "hidden gems"

I saw this movie late one night on tv (maybe HBO) years ago and, being an avid dvd collector, have been trying to get my hands on it every since. The big blockbuster comedy films are great, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of rarely known little gems like this one that turn out to be really good. I love the creativity of the explanations the narrator gives for everything. I have to say that my personal favorite characters in this film are the sperm guys.(They offer a human performance explaining what the sperm go through each time we have sex.) Although most of the narration is comically incorrect, the characters are in most ways so dead-on-the-money about the things men and women go through with dating. It's funny because it's exactly how things really are, from women wondering why he hasn't called to the awful advice that men give their friends. (Watching this with my boyfriend was great, he was like "that sounds exactly word for word like what my friends told me when I got your number" and we both got a lot of good laughs watching this one. It took forever for me to track it down, and I was hoping I would still find it funny once I did. My boyfriend wasn't real confident in my memory of this movie he's never heard of that I saw once 7 years ago and swore that it was great (I've had a bad rep with him every since tracking down the Comedy Central show "That's My Bush"...same scenario...saw it years ago and they took it off the air mid season after 911 happened. I remembered it being really funny, but I was wrong and now we own it. Yay.) October 4, 2007

Very funny! Loads of laugh's.

A very funny movie. A bit on the "R" side.
If you like to laugh, you will like this movie!
May 13, 2007

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