Holiday in Handcuffs

To fool her parents, a waitress (Melissa Joan Hart) kidnaps a customer (Mario Lopez) and forces him to pretend to be her beau.

Holiday in Handcuffs is a made-for-television movie starring Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez...

She's bringing home the perfect boyfriend... Even if it's a federal offense.

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66% audience score

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Few would dare argue that ABC Family is cable TV's home for the holidays, and practically no one would attempt to challenge that the romantic comedy film Holiday In Handcuffsis the jewel of the channel's legendary 25 Days Of Christmas line-up â?? certainly not star Melissa Joan Hart herself. "Thatâ??s one of my favorite movies Iâ??ve ever done," the actress, who played Trudie in the movie, tells Bustle, and it's easy to see why. The 2007 film is sweet, funny, and memorable, and when it came out, it was also a huge hit with fans; at the time of its release, Handcuffs was ABC Family's highest-rated program of all time, taking in a whopping 6.7 million viewers.

Holiday in Handcuffs is an American crime comedy television movie that originally aired on ABC Family on December 9, 2007, as a part of the network's 25 Days of Christmas programming block. The film stars Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Markie Post, Timothy Bottoms, June Lockhart, Kyle Howard and Vanessa Lee Evigan.

Directed by Ron Underwood. With Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Timothy Bottoms, Markie Post. A struggling artist working as waitress kidnaps one of her customers to bring home and meet her parents at Christmas.