A ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and share a magical Christmas.
Acting
Melissa Joan Hart commits to unhinged like it's Shakespeare.
Costume
Mario Lopez spends 70% shirtless in a Christmas hostage situation.
Director
Ron Underwood
Melissa Joan Hart
Gertrude 'Trudie' Chandler
Mario López
David Martin
Timothy Bottoms
Dad Chandler
Markie Post
Mom Chandler
June Lockhart
Grandma
Kyle Howard
Jake Chandler
Vanessa Evigan
Katie Chandler
Gabrielle Miller
Jessica
Layla Alizada
Lucy
Marion Eisman
Mrs. Barber
Karen Hines
Maria
Maureen Jones
Barbara
Marty Hanenberg
Mr. Portnoy
Matt Embry
Slick Guy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This ABC Family original was filmed in Canada in summer with fake snow. Melissa Joan Hart produced it herself after pitching the bonkers premise.
Peak '2007 girlboss kidnapping era' cinema—released the same year as Britney's breakdown and the writer's strike spawned countless TV movies exactly this unhinged.
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