The Christmas Comedy About Kidnapping! (Holiday in Handcuffs) (Movie Nights)

[@JaymesMansfield]

I’m pretty sure the selling point for people here was the possibility of seeing Mario Lopez in handcuffs. It’s pretty much the reason Cheri Caffaro had a career...... FAN SERVICE!

[@AllisonPregler]

Cheri Caffaro starred in a DIFFERENT Holiday in Handcuffs!

[@SteveCarras]

Melissa Joan Hart would be for us guys.

[@Acidlib]

@@SteveCarras and Mario Lopez for _us_ guys

[@CptFantabulous]

So this movie is basically the answer to the question "What if Misery was a Rom-Com?"

[@kenthuang436]

Mario Lopez didn’t get out of the cockadoodie cabin!!!!!!

[@LaNoLaCola]

That first line of the trailer for this movie just left me flabbergasted. "She's holding him hostage, but he's stealing her heart"... oh my god that line is terrible!

[@BronzeBoy520]

AnonJl1 coulda been worst. “She kidnapped him, and she forced him to steal her virginity.”

[@LaNoLaCola]

N.obody Sevenhundred oh my god...

[@BronzeBoy520]

AnonJl1 But it’s okay, he’s got cute dimples.

[@PurpleWind64]

My jaw dropped as soon as I heard that.

[@BigEOT3]

“Lock one up today!”

[@JadeCryptOfWonders]

Clarissa Explains It All... TO THE JUDGE!

[@Arrowdodger]

Reminds me of summing up God's Not Dead 2 as "Clarissa Explains Too Much"

[@Ektalon]

OBJECTION!!!

[@percyperanamus7432]

christmas came early with this post

[@mathieuleader8601]

WITCHES COUNCIL

[@handsomebrick]

Especially since there's no such thing as "not pressing charges," you can't escape jail by convincing your victims that your crimes aren't really that bad, that would be a huge and easily exploited loophole.

[@danstiver9135]

This reminds me of that other festive holiday classic, Misery.

[@CountessChuchoteur]

I'M DEAD 😂😂😂

[@davidbauler3159]

Misery Loves Company

[@Tareltonlives]

The Misery Holiday Special

[@Wannabe_Baby]

This must be the family-friendly version of Misery that I've been hearing so much about.

[@BigEOT3]

Not to be confused with the Tom and Jerry version of Misery

[@CountessChuchoteur]

Needs more ankle breaking.

[@trika91]

ENRAGEMediaCorp There was a Tom and Jerry version?

[@BigEOT3]

trika91 no. At least not yet.

[@cawmusic]

Everyone he desperately asks for help thinking it's a joke or threatening to shoot him is legitimately terrifying. Even his girlfriend only believed him after he said he was going to propose.

[@doughboydevito4529]

I like how the trailer voiceover guy is trying really hard to sound "wacky," even though this movie's concept is fucked up lol

[@konstance13]

"Tis the season for...Stockholm syndrome?!" *cartoon boing sound effect*

[@400KrispyKremes]

This film taught me an important lesson. If you want someone to love you forever just kidnap them. Unfortunately the person I kidnapped didn't see it that way, or the cops who arrested me, or the District Attorney.

[@EternalGuardian07]

I feel like the "I can overpower you" linevis the writers saying "This would never happen! That's why it's funny!"

[@cicifuentes5685]

Ok, I hate to keep harping on this but my God, if it was the other way around, this wouldn't be funny in the slightest (probably would be a Lifetime movie). Why does Hollywood downplay female-on-male violence to the point where it's seen as comedic? It's not funny, it's not quirky, it's not "lucky", it's disturbing. I've seen it happen in real life and the trauma is real. It's irritating and downright offensive and it makes me sick... But that out of the way, I love this review 💟 Great job as always!

[@emperorsean1]

Mirani Kawanapu cause women dont do ANYTHING WRONG or break the law RIGHT RIGHT. Only MEN break the law hahaha. I was being sarcastic if you didnt notice.

[@warron24]

Female on male violence CAN be comedic. For that matter male on female violence can be comedic too. It's all in the execution. The problem with this movie isn't the basic premise or the gender roles, it's just that the movie is too lightweight and fluffy to embrace the dark humor that could have made the premise work. Imagine if this was done with a tone more like an "It's Always Sunny..." episode. In fact some users have pointed out that a comedy exists with a VERY similar premise with the gender roles reversed called Buffalo '66. I've never seen it but it is apparently well liked.

[@RIVALContentJammerz]

@Knock Out What I can say, if I was abducted and the woman's mom was Markie Post, I honestly don't know if I would press charges.

[@doan2300]

A hostage is for life not just for Christmas

[@hubertcalculus34]

You know the last time I kidnapped a woman and held her against her will, we eventually got married. Now we have a couple of kids, and shes gone for a pack of smokes. Oh wait, I hear a siren coming up the street. OH SHIT!

[@thenightrider2121]

"Hasselhoff as a Christmas consultant." So when is that going to be an episode?

[@BronzeBoy520]

Craig Martin can we start a petition for this?

[@MrBlue3rd]

I would think she would fit it in, it would be a good companion review to go along with Baywatching.

[@borednow5838]

You know he's lived an awfully busy life what with bringing down the Berlin Wall and all that!

[@Tareltonlives]

I'm still waiting for that one

[@MrBlue3rd]

I would say Holiday in Handcuffs got me hooked on watching christmas tv movies. I still love watching them a decade later. This one is still one of my favorites as its kind of dirty in its humor, a surprise since it was on ABC Family.

[@lotus-prince]

Oh, man, I totally lost it at "Hooligans? That *beep*!"

[@AngelDRose]

I watch this one EVERY YEAR! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mariolover2222]

As much fun as the trip down memory lane with all the old OLP uploaded recently Man do I love that sexy movie nights sax!

[@KeithDameo]

Oh my gosh, Allison you kill me sometimes, and that compiled scene of why are you hitting yourself and the gun shot I laughed so hard. I love your show.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Hey, we shouldn't be shocked at this point. Think of Mr. Wrong, Overboard, and While You Were Sleeping. Rom coms love making kidnapping, lies, and stalking look wacky and charming.

[@kenthuang436]

I’ll give a pass to While You We’re Sleeping because that was more of a misunderstanding on the unconscious man’s family side and Sandra Bullock’s character had no family and was lonely and wanted to feel some sense of family.

[@HouseOfHjonk]

They did the gender reverse version of the 'romantic kidnapping' scenario back in the 70s. It was called "Sweet Hostage", starring Linda Blair and Martin Sheen. It's... incredibly questionable. I only bring this up because it was a favorite of my mother's back in high school, and when she saw the promo for Holiday in Handcuffs she went "So it's a 'Sweet Hostage' Christmas? Oh, man, I've got to see this..." We both deeply regretted her enthusiasm.

[@sholem_bond]

Tbh, I've found that whenever people say "imagine if the genders were switched"... there's always some example of media in which the genders were switched and despite that, no one realized how ill-advised it was (although "Sweet Hostage" did take place back in the 70s, at least).

[@The_Nametag]

"Imagine if the genders were switched." You mean Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?

[@mastermarkus5307]

That movie is weird and uncomfortable. But "Sobbin' Women" is really catchy.

[@nomduclavier]

Nametag Beauty and the Beast... there are probably others. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[@nomduclavier]

Or Beauty and the Beast, or that Jennifer Lawrence movie, a bunch of action movies...

[@kenthuang436]

Or Redeeming Love….

[@samrizzo4628]

I've been a fan for a few years now but man has she been really killing it recently. I have absolutely loved all these Movie Night videos recently. Keep up the amazing work.

[@DokkaChapman]

Strange thing is, if this had been made 10 years previous it might have ended up being a classic lol.

[@kenthuang436]

I don’t think so. Kirk Cameron had that one movie where he literally drugs and kidnaps two kids and he actually turns the black kid into a literal slave and somehow got away with it. The DVD cover said it would become a holiday classic. That movie was made in 1991 and still not a classic

[@ThreeBeingOne]

Alison P and Christmas comedy? Yes please

[@BraninT]

5:14 Guy from Killdozer's head spins around her saying "You Stink...You Stink...You Stink"

[@gabrielmendez4161]

You needed to watch this with Brad

[@culwin]

She could hold him hostage and force him to watch it

[@Jem_80s]

This movie has been etched into my brain from now on. My best friend made me watch it with her, and at the time (4 years ago!) we started to become friends so I would entice her to show me her weird fascination that she had (and still has) for Christmas movies around the holidays. We watched it on netflixs and honestly it was so boring, a movie to entertain yourself when you're bored. But for some reason just the thought of the movie pops in my brain as the best bonding that made us best friends. We even mock the end by saying, "Omg he didn't press charges!" to this day. So yeah an odd film, but one that stay with you for some weird reason?

[@salud7432]

That Shirt is AMAZING!

[@Zombiekilleryamato]

Happy stalkermis

[@sophiebrett7900]

HELL YEAH THAT INTRO IS AWESOME

[@dunes8817]

Horrorday in Handcuffs

[@benhaney9629]

“The innies not the outies...” Wow. Just wow.

[@rogue7723]

5:14-5:21 I think this movie _might_ work in a _so-bizarre-it’s-good_ way if this turned out to be the _Cat-Woman_ movie we wanted. Like, imagine Selina Kyle left Gotham and got plastic surgery (and changes her voice in public) to avoid incrimination and start her life over to an extent, but this sequence of misfortunes causes her to snap and revert to her cat burglar ways and even use her normal voice (like Melissa Joan Hart uses her voice prior and when Selina’s pretending to be mild and polite but other times Michelle Pfeiffer voices over Hart mouthing the words like in _Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer)._ It _wouldn’t_ be a masterpiece, but at least it would make more sense for Melissa Joan Hart’s character to leap into kidnapping and it would be a better _Cat-Woman_ movie than the ‘04 version.

[@SimonCallahan]

This is definitely a Canadian-made movie. The actor who played Trudy's boyfriend was in a show called jPod, and the actress who played David's fiance was one of the leads in the show Corner Gas.

[@mortman200]

It is so hard to see Gabrielle Miller as anyone other than Lacey.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Between Corner Gas and the Kids in the Hall, I feel lucky growing up in Canada because I got to watch some fine comedy.

[@himbovoorhees]

god i knew she looked familiar it was driving me crazy

[@governor_explosion]

I remember hearing once that if you’ve seen a Canadian actor in something, you’ve seen them on something else. Also, apparently ever Canadian actor ever has been on Degrassi.

[@multitudeofidols]

No, it's American-made; they just filmed in Vancouver - like 90% of films and TV shows in the past couple of decades. Canadian-made implies it was made in Canada, _by_ Canadians like _Da Vinci's Inquest_

[@courtneyjohnsonhaber4591]

You said it would be depressing for different reasons. I still wasn't ready

[@BradHominem]

Your outfit is perfect, thank-you Allison.

[@CrypticCharm]

you've just teased us. now you have to do a review on Snow. It stars Tom Cavanagh, we have to see your take in it xx

[@AllisonPregler]

I remember it being cute from what I recall? Also the sequel had an amnesia plot lol

[@HCC788]

It isn't quite a gender-swapped Mr. Wrong, but it has some similarities.

[@billiedoll4560]

Or buffalo 66'!

[@sholem_bond]

At least in "Mr. Wrong" she didn't actually end up with the people who stalked/drugged/kidnapped her ... she ended up with the other guy who was also creepy, but at least didn't go that far, I guess?

[@mastermarkus5307]

9:25 - Oh my god, it's Gabrielle Miller from Corner Gas! Also, apparently Melissa Joan Hart always looked kinda "melty".

[@PsychoWhite3]

I actually enjoyed the movie at first because I thought it was trying something different with some dark humour but then Slater started to fall for Sabrina and then it just annoyed me. Also why is it in our media everyone wants to be wealthy but then the wealthy are portrayed to be obnoxious? That's just confusing

[@konstance13]

Yeah, it could've worked as a dark comedy, instead of a cutesy romance.

[@konstance13]

Nionivek Yeah, like the family just helps spoon feed him while he's tied to a chair, while all having normal cheery conversation.

[@lhaviland8602]

@@konstance13 That would've been so much funnier lol.

[@markiangooley]

These paintings are RAW!! - Gordon Ramsey

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

This is what happens when an AO3 writer takes the "fake dating" trope too far

[@michaelfields3951]

Sabrina and Slater, 12:23 I'm surprised so long to make that joke

[@xxoxia]

I swear, that gazebo is used in every Hallmark channel film.

[@Canadamus_Prime]

I'm sorry, but this movie sounds horrifying. How the hell is it a "family movie?"

[@ishmamahmed9306]

Because Melissa Joan Hart plays the main character

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@@ishmamahmed9306 doesn't really explain it.

[@akanesaotome5924]

I won't lie. I actually enjoy this movie. It's stupid but fun.

[@freddybaumgartner3096]

Ikr!

[@banshee46]

First time I've seen this video. The video I watched immediately before this was the SNL sketch with Nate Bargatze where they did a Hallmark movie but it was a home town murderer. And then the first thing I hear is "she's holding him hostage" and I freaking *lost* it.

[@nerdytexanaccountant7159]

My mom also watched this movie a lot during Christmas.

[@MoonchildOfDarkness]

When I saw that hat, I stopped moving entirely (was rolling a cigarette) and just stared at the screen with wide eyes and raised eyebrows for quite a while.

[@MoonchildOfDarkness]

I JUST SAW THE SHIRT WHATELSEISTHERE

[@gwendolynstata3775]

"Imagine if the genders were switched..If some guy were holding a woman hostage in a cabin in the middle of nowhere?" Yeah, it's called Overboard.

[@pyrodiscoflash6115]

Markie Post being in this Christmas Stockholm Gem makes it A Gift

[@trinidadbotello9906]

0:34-0:51 I almost vomited, and roll my eyes at the same time.

[@LordJazzly]

9:25 Oh my god, it's Gabrielle Miller from _Corner Gas!_ Man, _this_ was one of her film roles? Heheh, now I have a new bit of trivia to annoy the hell out of my Canadian friends and relatives

[@kaebeelee]

I never knew this existed and I use to watch that channel all the time because we only had basic cable.

[@SerenityM16]

*sees the trailer announcing it like an unironic 90’s trailer* ....wut

[@ThoseGuysPlay]

This movie is a test. ABC Family was asking millions of homes, "Would you do it?" Anyone who laughed was put on a list. -Matt

[@BigEOT3]

It’s criminal that Douchebag Walker’s recent video on this same subject has more views than yours Allison. But at least I know you actually do research and put in effort and care into your videos unlike the Dumb and Dumberer Walker Bros. You’ll always have my support.

[@Tareltonlives]

As usual, Allison does it better with funny jokes instead of bloat and overlong skits

[@robertwebster8615]

RIP Markie Post... :(

[@casonnpoint1663]

My god, I just now remembered this movie 😳 watched it the night it premiered!

[@marshallhuffer4713]

"This sucks." - that was not a line in the script, that was Mario Lopez actually voicing his thoughts on this movie and being in it and they left it in anyway.

[@robertbaratheon9289]

It was advertised at least twice every commercial break.

[@paladinjones1833]

The title makes it sound like softcore porn. Maybe that's why it was viewed by so many people?

[@shiro5684]

Lupa! Happy holidays!

[@JulianGreystoke]

I have seen this movie. I have no idea when and why I saw this movie, but damn!

[@TheFreakyFanatic]

Anytime I see Timothy Bottoms the That's My Bush theme plays in my head.

[@MikePhalin]

The title is a total bait-&-switch. I was hoping it would be a bondage tale with Christmas themed whips and paddles.

[@no-man_baugh]

Man kidnaps woman = HORRIFYING & TERRIBLE CRIME! Woman kidnaps man = HILARIOUS ROM COM! Am I the only one who thinks that’s what this movie is saying?

[@bongchoof]

the double standard is so obvious you can literally taste it

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Olin Moore I don't think the movie even goes far enough with her justification for kidnapping him. This is a great premise for dark humour, but the movies tone is too "safe" for that.

[@mr.classified6167]

first one is true, second one is Stephen King's _Misery_

[@no-man_baugh]

Mr.Classified 600 HOLY CRUD I FORGOT ABOUT THAT STORY! I haven’t ever read a stephen king novel, but I feel I need to read that. Thanks dude!

[@javis88h]

Noooo I also see this. The woman is a screwball

[@no-man_baugh]

So ya have enough time left to review santa with muscles this christmas? If not, I’ll wait...

[@gamestation2690]

It's coming soon, don't worry.

[@boraxkid1097]

BOINK! SPLAT! FELONY!

[@171QA]

Yeah, I remember watching the promos for this.

[@borednow5838]

I was going to recommend A Christmas Prince (on Netflix) for a cheesy holiday film, but compared to this its no where near as bonkers enough!

[@stephaniesilvia9977]

I saw it and it's cutesy. Yet, It just sits uneasy in my spirit knowing it's underminding consent. It just doesn't sit right.

[@tiffanyharrell757]

The pants really did have a rip in them

[@dragonfire481]

I need that shirt, Lupa!

[@maldon3659]

so these movies are like the pureflix/hallmark movies but less forgettable.

[@maldon3659]

and also those movies tend to be really bland and cut and paste and not forgetting the actors do a lackluster job with what their given (which is very little).

[@mastermarkus5307]

The God's Not Dead movies are too hilarious and ridiculous to be forgotten. A smiling African stereotype saying "Today is a good day". after just seeing some guy die in the street cannot be unseen.

[@joelklimkowski4355]

This would be completely forgettable without Melissa Joan Hart.

[@richardgadberry8398]

So THIS is what Misery would be like if it was a romcom.

[@kenthuang436]

Puts new meaning to the phrase “I love you to death.”

[@trinidadbotello9906]

I remember watching Karate Kid, for the first time on ABC Family, almost 10 years.

[@trinidadbotello9906]

Hey Allison, nice Reindeer hat.

[@satanclause1]

Isn't the plot of this basically a gender-swap of that Buffalo '66 movie? Also, Jesus Christ, she loaded that flintlock pistol? why would she do that unless she was actually prepared to shoot him?

[@MyssBlewm]

satanclause1 I thought of Buffalo 66 as well!

[@kenthuang436]

The most believable thing about this movie is how Mario Lopez is acting to the fact he’s been kidnapped and held captive over Christmas or at least until the Stockholm Syndrome had set in.

[@kenthuang436]

Somehow Holiday In Handcuffs makes Misery a very romantic movie.

[@TenchiJeff]

I'm watching the Movie Nights Playlist while mining dilithium in Star Trek Online.

[@Faction.Paradox]

Alison, I think you're being very close-minded about relationships with physical-restraints. That's how I met the lady who later testified against me in court. Can't wait to see her again in 25 to life.

[@nomduclavier]

Alteration: she catches him trying to rob her, mistaken by someone she knows as a couple, "I thought for sure you were alone again; I worry about you" condescension, blackmail, everyone is nutty

[@Epipon3]

But... the pajama pants do have a rip in them as Mario Lopez walks away? 😱

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

She has an antique gun? Where'd she purchase that?

[@freddybaumgartner3096]

Coins, robots, amazons and trucks. This. Christmas. Sucks.

[@zelamorre1126]

Ah, the sweet, innocent days of 6 years ago. Where 365 Days hadn't been released yet, so this was the most insane 'kidnapper romance' out there.

[@gwendolynstata3775]

yooo. this movie has Gabrielle Miller from Corner Gas!

[@Cheyne_TetraMFG]

That Claus shirt is the best T-shirt

[@superkamiguru4615]

God I JUST watched this with my mom and best friend who assured me this movie was adorable lol i was horrified and grossed out the whole time. What a dumb cheesy movie

[@DiarraHarris]

I remember this being advertised but I didn't have the courage to watch it.

[@emperorsean1]

When melissa johne heart was still relavant. Until she started doing tv movies and then in recent years gods not dead 2. Owe wow i didnt realise AC slater from saved by the bell is in this.

[@billybrown8919]

this is like a shitty christmas version of buffalo`66

[@purplegrant]

ch h Just thinking the exact same thing. Need to look up the dates.

[@VirtualBoy500]

Dear God, the tastelessness of that promo...

[@jordanthejq12]

3:25 To think, we could have had "Pluto Nash called it!" as an actual thing that happened...

[@Dreadjaws]

So this was the famed Spellman's family secret, huh? No wonder they made it really hard to figure out.

[@Tareltonlives]

I hope you get to review Christmas Consultant and Snow someday

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I find it hilarious that the network executive said to themselves, "You know that charming Vincent Gallo film, 'Buffalo '66'? Let's swap the genders and make it into a romantic Christmas movie!".

[@bionichuteagain2583]

13:51 don't you have a diner in Saskatchewan to go run