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.
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human is a Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction film released in 1999.
1 subtitle release available in English.
Movie Dialogue Sample
on their partner.
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00:27:59,847 --> 00:28:03,225
Many experts cite this
as the most beautiful part...
439
00:28:03,267 --> 00:28:05,686
of the human mating ritual--
440
00:28:05,770 --> 00:28:08,606
other than the copulation.
441
00:28:08,689 --> 00:28:11,067
My little brother
was born blind...
442
00:28:11,150 --> 00:28:14,570
so when I first
got into computers...
443
00:28:14,612 --> 00:28:18,783
he'd come hang out with me
and ask me questions about it.
444
00:28:18,866 --> 00:28:20,659
He was so into it.
445
00:28:22,203 --> 00:28:24,246
It made me want to cry.
446
00:28:25,831 --> 00:28:28,584
So, where I work now...
447
00:28:28,626 --> 00:28:32,755
we're trying to create
this special monitor for blind people.
448
00:28:32,797 --> 00:28:37,385
But, I mean, we're years away
from getting it--
449
00:28:37,468 --> 00:28:39,762
if it's even possible.
450
00:28:42,306 --> 00:28:44,767
You'll get it.
451
00:28:55,986 --> 00:28:59,448
I worked my butt off
to get through school.
452
00:28:59,490 --> 00:29:01,742
I held every shitty job
There was.
453
00:29:01,826 --> 00:29:06,288
But I knew that if you're not
a professional, then you're nothing.
454
00:29:06,372 --> 00:29:11,460
So there I was,
making a decent living at a big firm...
455
00:29:11,544 --> 00:29:14,005
but...
456
00:29:14,088 --> 00:29:18,134
I was still getting
pushed around by assholes.
457
00:29:18,217 --> 00:29:22,638
So one day, about seven,
eight months ago...
458
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,808
my friend Jimmy and I
decided to start our own firm.
459
00:29:25,891 --> 00:29:30,438
We pooled everything we had.
We moved in together to save on rent.
460
00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:33,315
We got a "fancy-schmancy"
office in Century City...
461
00:29:33,399 --> 00:29:36,819
and Waterson-Connors
was born.
462
00:29:36,861 --> 00:29:39,321
That took a lot of guts.
463
00:29:39,363 --> 00:29:41,490
It's horrible.
464
00:29:41,574 --> 00:29:45,077
If we don't get any more clients soon,
we're gonna have to go crawling back.
465
00:29:46,746 --> 00:29:48,873
That'll take
a lot of guts too.
466
00:29:53,294 --> 00:29:55,338
Whoa.
467
00:29:57,298 --> 00:29:59,216
So, what are
your parents like?
468
00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:02,845
My parents?
Oh, they're great.
469
00:30:02,928 --> 00:30:04,930
That's one place
where I got real lucky.
470
00:30:05,014 --> 00:30:07,850
You know, typical Leave It to Beaver
kind of deal.
471
00:30:07,933 --> 00:30:10,269
Just thinking about them
makes me happy.
472
00:30:13,606 --> 00:30:16,859
What the hell you doin' inside?
It's a beautiful day!
473
00:30:16,901 --> 00:30:19,028
My father was
A soft-spoken man.
474
00:30:19,070 --> 00:30:22,531
And look at this room!
It's spotless!
475
00:30:22,573 --> 00:30:25,159
What kind of kid
Are you, anyway?
476
00:30:25,242 --> 00:30:28,204
- But he always had a kind word for me.
- Be a kid, goddamn it!
477
00:30:28,245 --> 00:30:32,333
- Have some fun!
- Always urging me to enjoy life.
478
00:30:34,418 --> 00:30:36,379
Like that!
479
00:30:36,462 --> 00:30:40,049
And he taught me the things
he knew most about--real man stuff.
480
00:30:40,132 --> 00:30:42,385
But still, he was never afraid
to get a little mushy.
481
00:30:44,595 --> 00:30:46,722
And I love you.
482
00:30:50,267 --> 00:30:52,520
It was a magical time for me.
483
00:30:54,689 --> 00:30:57,900
And my mother? Mom was
the queen of style and fashion.
484
00:30:57,983 --> 00:31:00,569
Was your father in here?
485
00:31:01,696 --> 00:31:03,948
Well, don't worry about him.
486
00:31:04,031 --> 00:31:07,785
But she always had
that mother smell, you know?
487
00:31:07,868 --> 00:31:11,372
Chicken soup and floor wax.
488
00:31:11,455 --> 00:31:15,626
You're Mama's
good little boy.
489
00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:17,878
Mama loves you.
490
00:31:17,962 --> 00:31:20,047
Yes, she does.
491
00:31:20,131 --> 00:31:24,260
Mommy loves you...
492
00:31:24,343 --> 00:31:26,929
loves you, loves you.
493
00:31:26,971 --> 00:31:29,890
She loves you.
494
00:31:29,974 --> 00:31:31,934
Dad!
495
00:31:32,018 --> 00:31:34,770
Yeah, I was real lucky.
496
00:31:35,980 --> 00:31:37,940
The male's task...
497
00:31:38,024 --> 00:31:40,985
is to determine
if the female is ready.
498
00:31:41,027 --> 00:31:45,072
Moving too soon or too late
May result in disaster.
499
00:31:45,156 --> 00:31:48,909
But the human female
emits no odor to let him know.
500
00:31:50,995 --> 00:31:53,622
- What?
- Oh--
501
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:57,752
What were your parents like?
502
00:31:58,586 --> 00:32:00,921
They're great.
503
00:32:01,005 --> 00:32:03,299
The female is ready.
504
00:32:03,382 --> 00:32:06,594
But she must wait for the male
to figure this out on his own.
505
00:32:06,677 --> 00:32:08,637
She can emit no odor
to help
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