The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

2009 film

  • June 18, 2009 (2009-06-18)
Running time
95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, also known as My Dad's Six Wives, is a 2009 American comedy film starring Elisha Cuthbert and Tim Allen. A grieving daughter tries to arrange her father's funeral, while putting up with all of his ex-wives. Its only theatrical release was in Israel, and it was launched straight to DVD elsewhere, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

Plot

During a trip to Mexico with his fiancée, salesman Henry Lefay (Tim Allen) disappears while parasailing and is presumed dead. His grieving daughter (Elisha Cuthbert) begins to make funeral arrangements, a process made tricky when his current wife and five exes descend and wage a fierce power struggle over the burial.

Cast

  • Tim Allen as Henry Lefay, a flashy salesman who is presumed dead after he goes missing during a parasailing expedition[1]
  • Elisha Cuthbert as Barbara "Barbie" Lefay (Henry's daughter)
  • S. Epatha Merkerson as Effa Devereaux (Henry's secret first wife)[1]
  • Andie MacDowell as Kate (Henry's second wife and Barbie's mother)[1]
  • Jenna Elfman as Ophelia (Henry's third and fifth wife and current occasional lover)
  • Paz Vega as Veronica (Henry's fourth wife)[1]
  • Lindsay Sloane as Autumn (Henry's sixth wife)
  • Jenna Dewan as Sarah Jane (Henry's fiancée and nemesis of Barbie)
  • Barbara Barrie as Mae (Henry's mother)
  • Eric Christian Olsen as Lloyd Wiggins (Barbie's boyfriend who wants to marry her)
  • Chris Klein as Stevie
  • Larry Miller as Lipschutz
  • Edward Herrmann as Goodenough, the funeral director

Release history

Country Date Format
Israel[2] June 18, 2009 Movie theaters
Netherlands January 12, 2010 DVD premiere
Germany October 8, 2010
United States October 19, 2010
United Kingdom February 7, 2011
World February 8, 2011

See also

  • Film portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fleming, Michael (August 6, 2007). "Tim Allen takes 'Six Wives'". Variety. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay". IMDb.

External links

  • The Six Wives of Henry Lefay at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Six Wives of Henry Lefay at Rotten Tomatoes