The Vow

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The Vow

PG-13

2012

1h 44m

Romance

Drama

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Paige and Leo are happily married newlyweds, but their idyllic life together suddenly shatters when a car accident leaves her in a coma. When Paige awakes, she has severe memory loss and doesn't know Leo. She also has a confusing relationship with her parents and still harbors feelings for a former fiancé. Despite these difficult obstacles, Leo is determined to renew their bond and rebuild their marriage.

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Critics Consensus

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams do their best with what they're given, but The Vow is too shallow and familiar to satisfy the discriminating date-night filmgoer.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

Aug 24, 2025

2/5

Some brief flashbacks show us that this couple was so in love that they’d roll the car windows UP when one of them farted (the insight of our romantic movies these days, I tell you).

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Kimber Myers

The Playlist

Aug 15, 2013

C

The film isn't as bad as what it looks like--the Chinatown knockoff equivalent of a Nicholas Sparks movie--but that doesn't mean that those outside the target audience won't find it a painful experience.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Feb 17, 2012

2/5

An earnest and occasionally touching romantic drama that sweeps aside the devastating narrative potential of a traumatic brain injury to traffic in a more benign depiction of amnesia.

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Patricia Karounos

Refinery29

Oct 23, 2023

That hypothetical scenario is enough to choke anyone up, but it’s the true story that inspired The Vow and was brought to life by Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 26, 2020

3.0/4.0

A paint-by-numbers romance yet it is a paint-by-numbers romance that will work for those who surrender to it.

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Jul 29, 2019

Rachel McAdams cruises merrily through The Vow as if she's humouring her co-star, the script and the audience.

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Rhonda S

@DrChase Aug 23, 2026

So beautiful at the start then REALITY HITS LIKE A TRUCK. So touching beautiful and yet sad. A must watchbb

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Mitchell S

@Mitchstur Aug 23, 2026

It's fairly romantic and has a good payoff, even though the road to get there is sad the whole way.

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Judy B

@Wondereoman Jul 22, 2026

Kind of boring and fairly pointless.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Mar 19, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Jenifer D.

@Sierebel Mar 2, 2026

Very touching story. The characters were very well played and they do get you to care about the outcome.

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VITALII H

@freakynickison Feb 23, 2026

They got it right, that’s actually a great movie that I never heard of before. I accidentally found it by scrolling on my timeline and when I saw Rachel McAdams and Jessica Lange I was sold. Such a romantic movie that was inspired by true events that really happened. I love the writing, the script, the acting was great, there’s nothing to complain about honestly. I thought towards the end the events were gonna move me emotionally more, it didn’t but overall I would say that’s it’s a very well put together movie and for some reason was overlooked when it came out.

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Synopsis

Paige and Leo are happily married newlyweds, but their idyllic life together suddenly shatters when a car accident leaves her in a coma. When Paige awakes, she has severe memory loss and doesn't know Leo. She also has a confusing relationship with her parents and still harbors feelings for a former fiancé. Despite these difficult obstacles, Leo is determined to renew their bond and rebuild their marriage.

Director: Michael Sucsy
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Paul Taublieb
Screenwriter: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Birnbaum/Barber
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|An Accident Scene|Sexual Content|Some Language)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 10, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $125.0M
Runtime: 1h 44m

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