Holiday in Handcuffs
- Melissa Joan Hart: Gertrude " Trudie " Marie Chandler
- Mario Lopez: David Martin / Nick
- Markie Post: Mrs. Chandler
- Timothy Bottoms: Mr. Chandler
- June Lockhart: Grandma Dolores
- Kyle Howard: Jake Chandler
Holiday in Handcuffs ( Original title: Holiday in Handcuffs ) is an American Christmas comedy. It was produced for the Christmas program " 25 Days of Christmas " the television channel ABC Family, 2007.
Action
The ambitious but unsuccessful painter Marie Gertrude Chandler, known to all as " Trudie ", works in a restaurant as a waitress. This Christmas, she has not been easy. First they screwed up an extra anberaumtes by her father interview, because it comes too late and then makes her friend Nick with her. Too bad that they wanted to just introduce him at the holidays her family. You unceremoniously kidnapped a customer of the restaurant named David Martin, who wanted to meet his fiancée, baptizes him into Nick around and ties him up in the car first, with a rope, then with handcuffs, which it receives from a helpful gas station attendant who thought the two would experience a very special Christmas.
With her parents she presents him as Nick and after several attempts to free himself from his predicament, David decides to play along. However, the intact family world of Chandler is not as peaceful as one might assume. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler are at loggerheads, Grandma Dolores nibbles like Eggnog, Trudies brother Jake Chandler is gay for some time and her sister Katie Chandler has thrown their studies to complete a training to Pilates instructor. David builds Trudie on to pass the Christmas holidays, here come the two closer. When, on Christmas Eve the mood threatens to tip, He makes even a marriage proposal. Just when everything turns out good, the police storm the house. Jessica, David's fiancée, had let them search for the two. Although David sees on a display, but goes back to his fiancé.
On Valentine's Day Trudie gets the opportunity to exhibit one of her paintings. On this occasion, travels to the whole family and celebrate all Trudies triumph. Your picture is even sold. At the end of the evening " kidnapped " David Trudie and shows her his new gallery in which he intends to show off her picture. He has his engagement solved with Jessica and the two become a couple.
Background
The film was shot in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. On ABC Family on December 9, 2007, he celebrated his premiere. In Germany he was first broadcast on 1 December 2008 on the pay- TV broadcaster Premiere, on Christmas Eve 2009 was followed by RTL 2, the first shown on free TV.
Criticism
The lexicon of the International film discussed the film sympathetically:
"Even if the initial situation is getting used to absurd offers of well-played ( TV ) film varied entertainment with amusing ideas. "