Sextuplets Netflix Movie Review

Sextuplets (2019)

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Written by: Mike Glock (story by) and Rick Alvarez & Marlon Wayans
Directed by: Michael Tiddes
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Bresha Webb, Michael Ian Black
Rated: TV-14
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Plot
Alan (Marlon Wayans), on a personal journey to find his parents, meets his brother, Russell and discovers he was born a sextuplet. Seeking out his other siblings (all played by Wayans), the two brothers set out on a road trip.

Verdict
This is bad. The biggest issue is that it's not funny and it isn't even trying. It's a low effort movie with Wayans playing dress up I suppose just to amuse himself.
I knew I wasn't going to like this, and I was still surprised at how terrible this movie is. The script had to be made up on the spot and it just doesn't end.
Skip it.

Review
The plot is pretty standard. A couple is expecting a baby and the husband is adopted. He sets out to find his birth mother and discovers he has five siblings. Wayans tries to be Dr. Doolittle, and it doesn't fare well. The characters just aren't funny, and they're all played by Wayans. The straight man on a quest for truth is Alan and he spends most of the movie with the least funny sibling Russell. Russell has to be inspired by The Simpsons Comic Book Guy. The Simpsons realize that character is funny only in a short duration. This movie fails to realize that.
The road trip would have been marginally better with any other character.

The entire movie's premise feels like Marlon Wayans was at home hanging out with his siblings Kenan, Sean, Damon, and Kim improvising different characters to entertain them. He then bet his siblings Netflix would pay him to make a movie based on that. His siblings bet against him realizing that what they had seen was not a movie. Marlon won and the entire world lost.

Fifteen minutes in and I was bored beyond watching. I couldn't force myself to pay attention. Sour candy and The Rockford Files act as deus ex machinas to force the plot forward. It's as bad as it reads.

I don't like this. It's annoying, and only one scene even approaches amusing, not funny, but just amusing.