Holiday in handcuffs

Year of release : 2007

 

Run time : 1h26min

 

Genre : Comedy / Romance / Crime / Tv

 

Cast : Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez

 

 

The movie is part of the ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas programming block.

 

Trudie is a painter who works as a waitress. She feels she can't rise up to her parents' expectations, so when her boyfriend dumps her right before they were supposed to go see her parents for the Christmas holiday, she goes temporarily insane, and kidnaps a man,just because he was dressed in a suit.

Trudie ties him up to the inside of her car, and when an older man working at a gas station sees him, she lies to him he's her boyfriend whom she wants to surprise. Seeing it works, she does the same when she meets her parents,at a remote cabin in the woods,by telling them he's nervous, and he's gonna keep on telling them she kidnapped him. Somehow it works, and her family just seems as insane as she is,at this point.

Trudie is also lucky, for her mother has a 'no phone policy' on Christmas, and all their phones are taken. The man manages to call his real girlfriend,whom he wants to marry, and hopes for the best.

 

The movie started out well, although ridiculous, and I laughed with tears for the first half an hour, but then it got really ridiculous with her parents believing everything she said, and looking like they're part of her insane plan to keep the man prisoner!

Her parents also seemed unlikeable,due to this, and to what they wanted for their kids. The grandmother was fun.

 

The acting was good.

 

I personally didn't like the soundtrack, as the songs chosen were cheesy, and sounded as if made especially for the movie, and not caring so much if they were good or not.

 

The movie apparently received 6.7 million views,being the most watched telecast in the ABC Family history!

 

The movie is for 30 days free on Hulu, 7 days free on FuboTv, and on Freeform with subscription.

 

Rating : Could have been a contender !