The Vow Reviews

I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back, I thought I might as well rewatch it with my wife. I remember it fairly well, back then, 2011 was supposed to be huge for Channing Tatum but, eventually, all the movies he made were either some critical or some commercial failures ('The Dilemma', 'The Eagle', '10 Years' and 'Haywire'). However, he got his revenge in 2012 when he really ruled the box-office. Indeed, before '21 Jump Street' and 'Magic Mike' got some solid reviews and became fairly successful at the box-office, it actually all started with this romantic feature which scored better than everyone expected at the time. Well, I was pretty sure my wife would like the damned thing but I have to admit I was actually surprised by how much more I enjoyed it the 2^nd time around. Indeed, the whole concept was interesting and I thought it was actually fairly well developed. Another thing I enjoyed was Leo himself who was probably one of the nicest male characters I have seen in such a romantic drama and I think Channing Tatum probably gave here his best performance so far. Rachel McAdams was also pretty good and they had a lot of chemistry together. And yet, the masterstroke with this movie was that, even though this couple was extremely cute, even though Tatum’s character was really patient and obviously still completely in love, she didn’t miraculously recover her memory and, as a result, the only option was that they eventually broke up which was sad but so much more realistic. Sure, the damned thing was still not perfect though and the whole idea of the 'evil' parents was a rather weak. In fact, I think the whole thing would have been fine without this unnecessary twist. I mean, right from the start, she was asking why she got so mad with her parents in the first place and while it could have been explained much earlier, they conveniently waited to tell this for as long as possible until it was needed to move on the plot. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was maybe nothing great, I thought it was still a decent romantic feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.