What Planet Are You From?

Mar 3, 2000

1h 45m

★ 5.4

To save his planet, an alien must find a woman on Earth to have his baby. There's just one problem.

Overview

A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their planet. The alien ends up falling in love while a suspicious FAA agent tails him.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

What Planet Are You From? Trailers

Cast

Harold Anderson

Garry Shandling

Susan Anderson

Annette Bening

Roland Jones

John Goodman

Perry Gordon

Greg Kinnear

Graydon

Ben Kingsley

Rebecca

Judy Greer

Randy

Danny Zorn

Rita

Harmony Smith

Don Fisk

Richard Jenkins

Helen Gordon

Linda Fiorentino

Nadine Jones

Caroline Aaron

Nervous Woman

Janeane Garofalo

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