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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

1999 · 90 min

A deadpan alien voiceover turns ordinary dating into a goofy nature documentary, making you chuckle at how weird human courtship looks.

Tagline: A How-To-Do-It Guide.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, light and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Love, identity, media, gender
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
media
gender
deception
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild