Title: Holiday in Handcuffs
Rating: NR
Run Time: 1 hour 26 minutes
Release Date: December 9, 2007
Genre(s): Comedy
Production Co.: Alberta Film Entertainment
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Timothy Bottoms
Who would I recommend this to?
No one.
What is this about?
A desperate waitress kidnaps a man to bring home as her boyfriend for Christmas.
When would be a good time to watch this?
Never.
Where does it take place?
The middle of nowhere.
Why did I decide to watch this?
I like Melissa Joan Hart and it sounded fun.
How did I like this?
This movie is horrifying. Not only is it bad, has tasteless jokes, and is generally not funny. It's just straight up horrifying. I don't understand why Trudie kidnapped this man...at gun point! She waves a loaded gun at him, ties him up, and convinces her family and strangers that he has a "problem" where he makes up lies when he's nervous. Can you imagine if this movie was gender-swapped?! No one would find Trudie endearing. She's scary!
I was expecting the kidnapping to be some kind of misunderstanding or a mishap, not a straight up crime. It doesn't get better when "Nick" decides to play along, because again, imagine if he was a kidnapped woman made to look deranged rather than her kidnapper. It's not funny.
Have you seen Holiday in Handcuffs? What did you think?
If not, would you watch it?
I remember watching this years ago and enjoying it. But holy crap this did not age well! And to top it off the end up together at the end?? Um, no.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I probably would have liked it when it first came out too. But now...yikes!
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