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Holiday in Handcuffs

Country: USA, Language: English, 120 mins

  • Director: Ron Underwood
  • Writer: Sara Endsley
  • Producer: Jody Brockway; Toni Cox

CGiii Comment

Is the father gay? The brother is - oops that's the end.

Rubbish.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Would-be painter Gertrude 'Trudie' Chandler loses her waitress job and boyfriend Nick on Christmas Eve - her only shot not to feel like her family's black sheep. To replace the ideal son-in-law with even hunkier dream-prince, David Martin, she kidnaps him at gunpoint to attend the family holidays in a secluded luxurious log cabin. Crazy lies prevent David from convincing the Chandler family he's not Nick and from escaping. After finally passing a rescue call to his spoiled fiancée, David decides to play the perfect catch to make her undoing worse. Before the police rescue him, he and the family realize they adore each other, the others all prove imperfect, and David and Trudy reassess their relationship after getting to know each other.

Cast & Characters

Melissa Joan Hart as Gertrude 'Trudie' Chandler;
Mario Lopez as David Martin;
Timothy Bottoms as Dad Chandler;
Markie Post as Mom Chandler;
June Lockhart as Grandma;
Kyle Howard as Jake Chandler;
Vanessa Lee Evigan as Katie Chandler;
Gabrielle Miller as Jessica;
Layla Alizada as Lucy;
Cedric De Souza as Taj;
Marion Eisman as Mrs. Barber;
Karen Hines as Maria;
Maureen Jones as Barbara;
Marty Hanenberg as Mr. Portnoy;
Matt Embry as Slick Guy