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The Vow
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2012
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The Vow
Positive Reviews
48
Negative reviews
41
Average Rating
2.6
/5
predictable
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3.0
Its unashamedly escapist, but a turn for the serious as The Vow nears the finish line only underscores its essential silliness and what a poor job the ..
Av Club
2.0
He may not be a natural actor, but hes trying so hard, its kind of winning.
Av Club
3.0
Were The Vow not the Valentines Day sop it is, all heartstrings and teardrops and McAdams and Tatum, I might believe that the filmmakers were up to mi ..
EW
2.0
But Channing Tatum is no Ryan Gosling.Hes likable enough and clearly gifted with a handsome physique (which is displayed quite frequently).
Common Sense Media
1.5
With its stately crane shots and plaintive score, The Vow feels as unabashedly sentimental as those melodramas, but resists the cloying impulse to man ..
Variety
2.8
Ultimately The Vow works well enough to adequately satisfy anyone looking for a fluffy date or girls night bauble that doesnt tax the brain or cause y ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
And what a devastating, breath catching script it is, from the still so modern minded Chekhov (the adaptation is by David Mamet).
Austin Chronicle
3.0
But more has changed in five years than Paige can bear to confront.
Time Out
2.5
The zealous effort to woo is restored.What was tired is fresh again.
2.5
Its a shame things are so black and white, because the movie has more promise and more laughs than trailers suggest.
2.5
Such heart tuggers have their appeal to some people in any era, but earnest hokum of this nature has become increasingly rare.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Excepting its ripped from the headlines premise Coma Survivor Wakes To No Recollection of Husband! The Vow is a remarkably sedate thing, an earnest an ..
1.0
The clashing tones never work and the end result is a film that spends half of its time making fun of its self and the other asking viewers to take it ..
E Film Critic
2.0
Sucsy does not have a writing credit on the movie.Because this is very much a before and after affair, the film expends a lot of effort shifting betwe ..
1.3
Even viewers who are an easy touch for romance movies will find this heavy handed.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Its one thing to walk into a movie rooting for a romance, and another to have your hands tied from the very beginning.
Cinema Blend
2.0
This is a down the middle, by the numbers fantasy, in which no one is too quirky or interesting or challenging in any way.
Ny Daily News
2.5
This is made for the ladies looking for romance on a Hallmark holiday.
JoBlo
2.5
But the films McNugget structure offers very little character or plot depth to cling to in the dark.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
Paige and Leo, the beaming marrieds played by Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum at the beginning of The Vow, step out of the venerable Music Box cinem ..
Philly
3.5
Michael Sucsy directs this romantic drama which was inspired by a true story.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Though its based...on a true story, The Vow comes across as a totally synthetic tearjerker in the Nicholas Sparks mode.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
It just sounded good.Well, maybe coming out of someone elses mouth.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.9
This is for young women what Transformers is for young men.Both are equally offensive to lovers of good cinema.
ReelViews
2.0
Real life story of a newlywed New Mexico couple, Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who were struck by tragedy shortly after their marriage.
Blu Ray
3.1
Its a genuine attempt at grown up filmmaking, which is admirable.The Vow still feels a bit too convenient, with a few too many short cuts and saggy sp ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
This has more in common with the latter than the former, but most of the time it plays like the movie adaptation of a Lands End catalog, making monoga ..
Chicago Reader
3.0
First time feature director and co writer Michael Sucsy gives us a by the numbers film that will appeal to mature femme audiences, only.
3.0
First time feature director and co writer Michael Sucsy gives us a by the numbers film that will appeal to mature femme audiences, only.
2.5
It featured more likable characters, heartier wit and more romantic chemistry.
Usa Today
2.5
Its a pleasant enough premise thats employed to consistently middling effect by director Tomy Wigand, as the movie boasts an extremely leisurely pace ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
The germs of a few good ideas reside within the bowels of The Vow, but the movie is too preoccupied with pushing chick flick buttons to cultivate them ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.5
Just like some folks go to horror movies for a good scare and comedies for a good laugh, people do go to these kinds of flicks for a good cry.
Screen It
2.5
This film is watchable mainly because of the extraordinary events, which are genuinely involving and moving. Although typically, Hollywood has ramped ..
Shadows On The Wall
1.0
Theres little the cast can do but carry on as if all of this was meaningful.
The Wrap
3.0
It also builds to a climax thats genuinely romantic and moving, though not quite in the way you expect.One unusual aspect of the film is that the stor ..
View London
3.8
It waters down a story with a rather spicy premise what do you do if your partner survives a car crash but wakes up with no memory of the last five ye ..
News Day
3.0
Even after four years of teasing, laughing, and fooling around, this should stand out as a night to remember.Unfortunately, Paige doesnt remember it, ..
Cs Monitor
3.8
How charming is Leo.Enough to pick up Paige in the worlds least romantic locale, wearing a dorky straw fedora.
New York Post
4.0
Yes, the script is a mash up of hoary cliches and Michael Sucsys direction undistinguished, if serviceable, but the thing has a nigh irresistible emot ..
Film Journal International ..
2.5
McAdams and Tatum sometimes make the execution of it more tolerable than it should be, but not often enough.
Az Central
3.1
The Vow is the rare chick flick thats about brain trauma in addition to being a cause of it.Its what you might get if the eminent neurologist author O ..
Boston
2.0
Oh, its shamelessly manipulative, but for me at least, it never produced an emotional response of any kindapart from a certain desire that it would ge ..
Mountain X
3.8
In less skillful hands, The Vow would be a guilty pleasure.Instead, its just a pleasure.
Star Tribune
1.5
Its like that bit in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray tries to recapture the spontaneous wonder of one glorious day with Andie MacDowell, but she doesn ..
1.0
The Vow is a bittersweet amnesia story that begins with Paige (Rachel McAdams) unfastening her seat belt to have romantic sex with husband Leo (Channi ..
Guardian
2.0
Brave is the weepie that flirts with the concept of love dying before people.
Guardian
2.0
The Vow film review: Forget me not wilts too soon The Vow (12A) An achingly romantic tale of courtship, marriage and domestic bliss is rudely interrup ..
Daily Mail
3.0
Its a premise so melodramatic it screams true story, but thankfully this is intelligently written and sensitively played.
Empire
3.5
Its not really cinematic in scale, but it is made with heart and emotionally it should please the target audience of young women and romantic young me ..
2.0
Susan Grangers review of The Vow (Sony/Screen Gems) This romantic melodrama is a female wish fulfillment fantasy, even though its loosely based on an ..
Susang Ranger
3.8
However you slice it, its a welcome loaffar from perfect, but as filling as a home cooked meal.
Observer
3.1
And its time we all stopped hating and started paying attention to a vastly improving talent.Now, Tatums not Ryan Gosling (The Notebook).
Movies
3.0
Memory loss as a story device always seems contrived but here it sets up an intriguing, humorous and thought provoking drama about relationships and h ..
Express
1.5
And yes, sometimes smart women do bother to see these sorts of movies and end up enjoying them because what else are you gonna do if you want a little ..
Flickfilosopher
5.0
All thats left is for us to admire the two good looking actors, which is better than nothingbut not enough to validate this mediocre picture.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
The film isnt as bad as what it looks like the Chinatown knockoff equivalent of a Nicholas Sparks movie but that doesnt mean that those outside the ta ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
There are unintentional echoes of Total Recall in Rachel McAdams storyline, which I suppose would make Channing Tatum her Kuato.
Hollywood
3.8
I enjoyed just about every second of it, this story inspired by a real event keeping me captivated no matter how many times the script came perilously ..
Movie Freak
3.5
Amnesia, heartbreak and romance make for a too familiar Valentines Day entertainment
Movie Habit
1.5
A shell of a movie with a paint by numbers script and an unremarkable story.
Film Ink
2.0
Its certainly maudlin and contrived enough, but instead were told its inspired by a true story.
Maki At The Movies
2.0
The Vow provides everything that it says on the tin schmaltzy moments, generic soundtrack, adequate to good performances and a predictable plot.
Cine Vue
3.0
Its not an opportunity Sucsy has taken, preferring for The Vow to play this out as a rather predictable and earnest drama.
Nz Herald
3.0
Im willing to sacrifice a terrible pun in order to admit when a film has charmed me somewhat.
Flicks
2.5
** (out of four) Channing Tatum gets a bad rap, but the failings of The Vow lie primarily on his (often bare) shoulders.The Chicago set story, inspire ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.1
The picture as a whole is not ruined by it, but it would be even better without it.
Dustin Put Man
4.4
Execution is what really matters in B movies, and as silly as it sounds, The Vow is a remarkably restrained, sweet little movie that never tugs so har ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.5
But despite its intriguing premisean accident leaves the wife with severe memory loss, and her husband remains faithful to his vowsthe films plotting ..
Christianity Today
3.0
A quietly moving romantic drama, The Vow overcomes the romantic weepy stigma placed on it with its well acted tale of love gained, love lost and the e ..
Matts Movie Reviews
2.0
Look for more than robustly executed hokum here, and you look in vain.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
Paige can remember being in law school, but doesnt remember quitting.
2.5
All movies are one sided relationships, but without any witty flirting, steamy sex scenes or shocking betrayals, The Vow turns out to be a totally for ..
Js Online
2.0
Apparently based on real events. this sugar coated romantic drama will appeal to the legion of fans McAdams won in The Notebook.
Sky
1.5
The 2004 Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore comedy 50 First Dates played retrograde amnesia for laughs, but The Vow, loosely inspired by the experiences of r ..
What So
3.0
Like a less successful version of The Notebook, this works as an undemanding date movie; just dont expect much more from it.
Film 4
1.5
The chemistry between the two leads is severely hampered because they arent really together on screen that much. Instead, we get the parental subplot ..
Bowling Green Daily News
2.5
The Vow might have been a decent film had the filmmakers taken the time to allow the characters to develop, or perhaps even if a better actor was cast ..
3.0
Fawning at her every step is the beefcake former model Tatum, as Paiges recording studio owning husband, Leo.
The National
3.0
The Last 45 Minutes of The Vow are Mind numbing Vacuum Once the film exhausts its feeble attempts to mine dramatic juice out of Leos plight, it just l ..
Film Blather
2.5
Fans of these stars may enjoy the film, but anyone who likes logic in their romance may be disappointed in The Vow.
Review Express
2.0
Despite the premise there isnt a lot about the movie to keep audiences interested.
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.0
You want to care. You really do. But five writers and director Michael Sucsy just dont give you enough reasons to give a rip about these people.
Tri City Herald
1.9
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Qc Times
1.9
The films Nicholas Sparks style sweet nothings extract as many eye rolls as aws; its a box of cheap chocolates for someone you just met and youre not ..
Boston Phoenix
2.5
Watching The Vow forgettable if vaguely pleasant entertainment would seem to disprove that theory.
Miami
1.5
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Richard Roeper
4.5
More than willing to comfort anyone with a fuzzy grasp on real world romance that the pretty people will make it through somehow, with no scars too de ..
Film.com
2.0
The profoundly mediocre screenplay was factory farmed and you can feel the various conflicting drafts grinding up against one another.
Metro Times
2.0
A Valentine Days gift swaddled in sanitized Saran wrap, The Vow is a pretty package of sweets, sealed off from the corrupting air of reality.
MSN Movies
2.0
It does have Sparks ian themes of love and loss and it has a gooey layer of Hollywood candy topping, but it is a bit sharper and less sudsy than Spark ..
Movie Mom
3.3
But the most loving gesture in the film is its consideration that what may be best for someones happiness is letting them go, no matter how painful th ..
Movie Line
4.5
After a cringe worthy first third, The Vow does manage to hit a decent rom com stride, exploring the sheer arbitrariness of self realization.
Vogue
3.0
The Vow presents some fascinating challenges for Leo and Paige, yet without fail the screenplay comes up short in allowing them to overcome the obstac ..
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
3.1
Tatum is a pleasant surprise and his character is sympathetic despite the pictures layer of Hollywood schmaltz.
Paloalto Online
2.0
If this doesnt come across as a ringing endorsement, thats because it isnt.Still, The Vow succeeds as much as it does because it (mostly) avoids the p ..
Blogs Houston Press
4.5
The Vow doesnt prescribe entirely to a typical Hollywood narrative, which means its not trying to make you cry; but your heart will feel a little warm ..
Digital Journal
3.0
Better late than never, the verdict is that its a clean cut, modern drama with an unashamedly old fashioned emphasis on the nature of true love.
Birmingham Mail
1.5
Not helped by an unnervingly dumb screenplay and a performance from Tatum that makes wood seem too pliable a substance with which to describe it.
This Is London
2.5
Not as heinous and mushy as dudes fear, and not as romantic and dreamy as the ladies might be hoping.
3.0
A Dangerous Method features three potentially fine central performances, but each one is undermined by the weight of some often heavy duty dialogue.
1.9
Its got a half baked script full of holes, villains written in bold type and, even though its based on a true story, concocted banality.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) ..
1.5
You want a vow How about: Honey, I swear, if you ever drag me to another piece of Hallmark Hall of Fame schlock selling itself as a bona fide feature, ..
1.3
Not even Channing Tatums bare bum, clearly a Hail Mary pass lobbed at the ladies in the theatre, can distract from the turgidly sappy goings on in The ..
Toronto Star
3.0
For all its clunky scripting theres an essential sweetness at work here, thanks partly to McAdams and partly to an unusually chaste love story that ul ..
2.0
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