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Mixed or average reviews- based on 81 Ratings

  • Starring: Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill
  • Summary: A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again. (Sony Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 28
  2. Negative: 4 out of 28
  1. Reviewed by: Rex Reed
    Feb 15, 2012
    75
    The Vow is not exactly a woman's picture. It's more about how a man falls in love, loses his love and gives up everything in life to focus on regaining his love. Maybe it's a woman's picture from a male point of view. However you slice it, it's a welcome loaf-far from perfect, but as filling as a home-cooked meal.
  2. Reviewed by: Helen O'Hara
    Feb 6, 2012
    60
    The few weaknesses in the plot can be overlooked as The Vow makes for a wonderful - if a bit teary - romance that is brilliantly acted.
  3. Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    Feb 8, 2012
    60
    The Vow represents that most welcome kind of Valentine's Day offering, focusing on the feelings that bring couples closer.
  4. Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Feb 10, 2012
    38
    The Vow is a sopping hankie of a romance for women who love to suffer and the men who love them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 33
  2. Negative: 9 out of 33
  1. With so many romantic movies being produced, itâ
  2. I thought it was a good movie, and think it`s pretty crazy that this actually happened. I don`t think it`s like every other movie like some people have said, but I have not watched much Romance movies lately. I thought the chemistry between the two was really good. Expand
  3. 6
    This isn't really a chick flick at all because it's mostly from the guys perspective. When you watch this movie just put yourself in Channing Tatum's shoes and think of how frustrating that situation must have been. I know that the "true" story was exaggerated a ton but hey, that's hollywood. Not at all what I expected, a very pleasant surprise, and I'm a guy. Expand
  4. 1
    I realize that this was based on a true story, but that still does not excuse what can only be described as some of the worst romantic writing this century. There is some merit to staying true to the actual story and I understand the desire to respect events and pay homage to the strength of character that the true people on which this film is based upon possess, but at the end of the day this is still a motion picture created for the purpose of entertainment and on that basis it fails miserably. The only date I would bring to this film would be one that I wanted to end things with, it's just that bad. There are more gaps in the story then in the female character's memory and it's more of a dual biography than an emotional tale that inspires some semblance of feeling.

    The real life situation of the actual people that inspired this movie is heart warming and sincere. This film however, is not and a monumental waste of everyone's time. I give everything about the production a 9, except for the script which was beyond terrible so I feel that giving it a -8 is generous, leaving the final score a 1.
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