Sextuplets is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes from a screenplay by Mike Glock, Rick Alvarez and Marlon Wayans. It stars Marlon Wayans and Bresha Webb, and follows a man who sets out to find his long-lost siblings after discovering he is one of sextuplets his mother had. The film was digitally released on Netflix on August 16, 2019.
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Directed by | Michael Tiddes |
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Story by | Mike Glock |
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Cinematography | Don Burgess |
Edited by | Lawrence Jordan |
Music by | John Debney |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
An expectant father seeks his birth mother[1] and discovers he has five other siblings born from the same pregnancy. He tries to track them down before his baby is born.[2] He first meets with his brother Russell and the pair go on a road trip to find their other siblings. Dawn is a stripper serving time in a women's prison, Ethan is a hustler who dresses and talks like a '70s pimp, while Jasper is marked for his red hair and lighter complexion,[3] and "Baby Pete" suffers from polio.
In August 2018, it was announced that Marlon Wayans would star in Sextuplets.[4] In October 2018, Molly Shannon, Glynn Turman, Michael Ian Black, and Debbi Morgan joined the cast.[5]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 2.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Lazy, messy, and deeply unfunny, Sextuplets is the latest misfire from the collaborative duo of Marlon Wayans and Michael Tiddes."[6] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 21 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]
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