2007 Directed by Ron Underwood
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.
Melissa Joan Hart Mario López Timothy Bottoms Markie Post June Lockhart Kyle Howard Vanessa Evigan Gabrielle Miller Layla Alizada Cedric De Souza Marion Eisman Karen Hines Maureen Jones Marty Hanenberg Matt Embry Andrea D'Amours Benjamin Ayres Stafford Lawrence Greg Lawson Rod Heatherington Gerrick Winston Nkechi Odina Travis Milne Christian Fraser Taison Gelinas Raymond Yu Faith Louissaint
Отпуск в наручниках, Prête-moi ton Fiancé !, Коледа в белезници, Vánoční únos, Weihnachten in Handschellen, Navidad de locura, Un fiancé pour Noël, חופשה באזיקים, Praznik u lisicama, Lebilincselő karácsony, Un fidanzato per mamma e papà, 홀리데이 인 핸드커프, Święta w kajdankach, Um Sequestro de Natal, Vianoce v putách, Свято в наручниках, 戴着手铐去度假
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From the director of tremors comes Christmas in handcuffs. And it's not your average abc family made for tv movie because it was pretty raunchy, and actually funny.
Melissa Joan Hart kidnaps Mario Lopez at a diner and forces him to pretend to be her boyfriend during Christmas with her wacky family. Of course they eventually fall in love, it is a Christmas movie afterall. Better than your average holiday romp, a Christmas classic.
The only reason Mario Lopez develops such intense, fast-acting stockholm syndrome is because the cabin in this movie was made with the remains of the exploded Overlook hotel, a concept foreshadowed earlier in the movie when Melissa Joan Hart says, "We're going to be trapped like in The Shining." In this essay I will
There is no way in hell that this was written by a sane person. Vompletely fucking bonkers and goddamn insufferable. Definitely a "seeing is believing" with this one. Viewer beware, hot, painful Christmas garbage ahead.
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"This is getting weird" -Delores,
Women... am I right?
This is a nightmare...it's horrible. It's an excruciating tale of kidnapping and Stockholm syndrome hidden under the umbrella of a romantic holiday comedy. The joy, to the extent that there is any, is that some of the film is humorously bad.
No.
P.S. As a thought experiment I was trying to figure out how good this could be if it had the exact same script but everything else (actors, director, score, etc.) was top notch... how good could it be.... what is possible with a ridiculous script like this? Like what if this starred Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pine and was directed by David Fincher with score by the Manchester Orchestra... I don't know sometimes the mind imagines things.
The most glorious cinema mankind will ever conjure up until we transcend into a plane of existence where we can finally rest on the beautiful bosom of Mario Lopez.
The Shark Tale of Christmas romcoms. Everything about this movie is beyond dumb and super wrong in so many levels, but in a weird way, I had a ton of fun watching it.
This is the film equivalent of a Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch. It's all kinds of gross and definitely terrible for you, but every once in awhile, you've just got to indulge.
I have seen Holiday in Handcuffs 5+ times but not a single Akira Kurosawa movie.
I heavily identify with Mario Lopez’s Stockholm Syndrome
