Sextuplets (film)


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.

Premise

An expecting father-to-be seeks his birth mother and discovers he has five other siblings born from the same pregnancy. He tries to track these different characters before his baby is born. He first meets with his brother Russell and the pair goes 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. “Baby Pete” suffers from Polio.

Cast

In August 2018, it was announced that Marlon Wayans would star in Sextuplets. In October 2018, Molly Shannon, Glynn Turman, Michael Ian Black, and Debbi Morgan joined the cast.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 14% based on 14 reviews, and an average rating of 2.61/10. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 21 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".