A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT

Name: A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT
Item: A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT
Author: Review

"Fun Romcom with a Christian Message"

Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

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What You Need To Know:

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT is an UPtv romantic comedy streaming on UP Faith & Family. Dean, a career criminal, is put into the witness protection program, where he’s placed under the supervision of Jessie, a no-nonsense agent. The pair hide out in a small town but quickly get pulled into the community’s Christmas celebrations. As they work together to put on a Christmas tree lighting, Dean and Jessie start to see a different side of the other and feelings begin to grow. Meanwhile, Dean’s former boss has hired a hitman, but the man keeps missing his target.

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT has a strong Christian, moral worldview. It stresses doing the right thing, helping others and focusing on a person’s inner character rather than their outward appearance. The movie contains a redemptive scene sharing the real Christmas story, which encourages a man to have a change of heart. Also, the movie celebrates Christmas traditions, including Christmas carols like “What Child Is This?” and “O Little Town Of Bethlehem.” However, A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT contains brief action violence and some suggestive jokes. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for younger children.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong Christian, moral worldview stresses doing the right thing and helping others, one scene features a character sharing the story of Christmas with another person and telling him how God’s gift of Jesus to the world was an act of love, man reveals he was an altar boy as a child, and Christmas carols like “What Child Is This?” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” play, but there are references to Santa Claus;

Foul Language:

One light profanity, and two characters are discussing the Christmas story and say “ass” as in jackass instead of “donkey”;

Violence:

Many scenes of action violence, woman flips man onto the ground, hitman repeatedly tries to kill man in witness protection program but keeps messing up, hitman drops snow globe onto man’s head and knocks him unconscious, man’s wife points a gun at a man and woman, but nothing graphic is shown;

Sex:

No sex scenes, but there are many sexually suggestive jokes, such as a man jokes with woman that there’s room for two in the shower and the mayor jokes that man should “frisk” woman for weapons;

Nudity:

Three scenes featuring upper male nudity;

Alcohol Use:

one scene shows man drinking a beer, another scene shows man and mayor drinking champagne, and man and woman spend a lot of their time in a bar, but are not always shown drinking;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking and drugs; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Man is shown planning a way to smuggle diamonds in an opening scene, man and his wife try to accuse another man of the murder of an undercover agent, man and woman lie to all the townspeople they meet, but it’s for the man’s safety in the witness protection program, one character says she stole Christmas lights from her neighbor for the town tree lighting, man flirts with women and makes suggestive comments throughout movie.

More Detail:

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT is an UPtv romantic comedy streaming on UP Faith & Family. The story follows Dean, a Mafia member in witness protection, and Jessie, the agent assigned to keep him safe over Christmas. The pair initially clash, but, as they spend more time together, they start to see new sides of each other.

Dean Cupo is a trusted assistant to Mr. Dinozzo, a crime boss. However, when Dinozzo’s home gets raided, and he’s accused of killing an undercover agent, Dean agrees to testify against him and must go into the witness protection program. He’s put under the protection of Jessie Temple, a no-nonsense agent who takes her job very seriously.

The pair hide out in a small town and quickly get on each other’s nerves. Dean thinks Jessie is uptight, while Jessie is irritated by Dean’s constant flirting with every woman he meets, as well as his refusal to take his situation seriously. However, after agreeing to play Santa and an elf in the town’s Christmas square, Dean and Jessie start to see different sides of each other. One little girl asks Dean (as Santa) if he can bring back the town’s annual Christmas tree lighting, and he says he will.

Meanwhile, Dinozzo and his wife have hired a hitman to take out Dean. As Dean and Jessie befriend the town’s female mayor and work to make the tree lighting happen, the hitman tries and fails to kill Dean. However, they’re unaware anyone is after them.

Dean accompanies the mayor to the town’s Christmas dance, and they flirt. However, after Dean sees Jessie all dressed up, he starts to wonder if he’s been flirting with the wrong woman. The hitman strikes again, putting a peanut, which Dean is allergic to, in his drink. Dean has a reaction, but Jessie uses an EpiPen, and the two head back to their hotel. As Dean sleeps, Jessie realizes all the “accidents” they’ve been dealing with have been attempts on Dean’s life.

Meanwhile, Dinozzo talks to another inmate who shares the story of Christmas with him and impresses upon him how important the gift of love is. Dinozzo realizes that he loves Dean like a son and wants to call off the hit. However, can he get to the hitman in time?

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT is a fun twist on the traditional Christmas romantic comedy. The romantic leads, Arielle Kebbel and Colin Egglesfield, have good chemistry, but the movie doesn’t devote enough time to their growing relationship. So, the movie’s romance aspect feels rushed. Also, the organized crime storyline is underdeveloped, leaving the viewer with more questions than answers.

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT has a strong Christian, moral worldview. For example, the movie contains a redemptive scene sharing the real Christmas story, which encourages a man to have a change of heart. Also, the movie stresses doing the right thing and focuses people’s moral character inside. It also celebrates Christmas traditions like Christmas trees and Christmas carols like “What Child Is This?” and “O Little Town Of Bethlehem.” However, A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT contains brief action violence scenes and some off-color jokes. For example, Dean jokes with Jessie that there’s room for two in the shower. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.