The Vow (Michael Sucsy, 2012)
A car accident puts Paige in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe
memory loss, her husband Leo works to win her heart again.
Inspired by true events, The Vow is a film starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams representing a couple madly in love that will have
to pass over the fact that the wife completely lost her memory of the last five
years in a car accident. While beautifully shot in Chicago exteriors most of
the scenes involve interiors where the couple used to live together; their
apartment, her workshop, his studio, etc.
After the accident, Paige
(McAdams) doesn’t recognize her husband or her current life. She still thinks
she is in college living with her parents and pursuing a career in law. Tatum
will have to make her fell in love with him again without pushing too hard.
Even if the ending is quite obvious, the struggle of the two lovers is worth
the watch. It is indeed a film that involves themes and stories that have been
done dozens of times. However, the presence of the two leads, Tatum and
McAdams, brings a little something that makes this movie more than actually a
chick flick you would have sneezed over.
The beautiful cinematography and
the nice presence of the supporting cast of Sam Neill and Jessica Lange
paired with our aforementioned lovers keeps this enterprise from being the
possible disaster many of my fellow critics may have shouted even without
actually have seen the whole thing. It is far from being the best film of 2012
but also far from being its worst too.
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