Holiday in Handcuffs

2007 90 min ★ 6.3 Comedy, Romance, Family, TV Movie

A ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and share a magical Christmas.

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Cast

Melissa Joan Hart

Gertrude 'Trudie' Chandler

Mario López

David Martin

Timothy Bottoms

Dad Chandler

Markie Post

Mom Chandler

June Lockhart

Grandma

Kyle Howard

Jake Chandler

Vanessa Evigan

Katie Chandler

Gabrielle Miller

Jessica

Layla Alizada

Lucy

Cedric De Souza

Taj

Details

Director

Ron Underwood

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Alberta Film Entertainment, Hand Cuff Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

December 23, 2018

★ 5/10

***'Misery' if it were a romantic comedy / Christmas movie*** “Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007) stars Melissa Joan Hart as the underachiever of a liberal family in the Seattle area. When her beau breaks up with her right before her family’s Christmas get-together, she kidnaps a man and forces him to go to the rented cabin as her boyfriend (Mario Lopez). The plot takes “Misery” (1990) and “Buffal...