The Vow
Romantic drama based on the true story of a man (Channing Tatum, Dear John) who works on re-winning the heart of his wife (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook) after she suffers severe memory loss.
Hospitalised after a car accident, Paige awakens from a coma with her memory wiped. Identifying her newlywed husband as no more than a stranger, Leo seeks a way to reignite their love.
This is Michael Sucsy’s big-screen directorial step-up from his TV feature debut Grey Gardens, adapted from the book of the same name about the experiences of Kim and Krickett Carpenter.
2012Rating: PG, contains nudity and coarse language104 minsUSA
DramaTrue Story & BiographyRomance
- Director:
- Michael Sucsy (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Abby KohnMarc SilversteinMichael Sucsy
- Cast:
- Channing TatumRachel McAdamsJessica LangeScott SpeedmanSam Neill
The Vow / Reviews
Variety
Unabashedly sentimental but resists the cloying impulse to manufacture tragedy for easy tears.
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USA Today
Promises tried-and-true rom-com formula and delivers, treading in sappy, cliché-ridden turf.
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Total Film
For all its clunky scripting there’s an essential sweetness at work here, thanks partly to McAdams and partly to an unusually chaste love story that ultimately keeps melodrama at bay.
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The New York Times
The movie's commitment to the blandest possible presentation of its central problem starts to seem perverse after a while.
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New York Post
Works within the trappings of a typical cheesy romance but finds realism in the details and the banter.
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New York Daily News
McAdams is a beautiful blank. There's not a single moment when her character feels real, or as if she genuinely has anything at stake.
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Los Angeles Times
This is a movie that leaves you wanting more. To care more, to cry more, to love more.
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Hollywood Reporter
Earnest hokum of this nature has become increasingly rare. And for a reason.
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Empire Magazine
Makes for a wonderful - if a bit teary - romance that is brilliantly acted.
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E! Online
Not everything in it works, but the lack of reliance on easy answers earns it enough credibility points for a passing grade.
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A.V. Club
It's unashamedly escapist, but a turn for the serious as The Vow nears the finish line only underscores its essential silliness.
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