The movie begins with Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) and her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) coming out of a movie theater. On their way home, when they stop at a stop sign, Paige unbuckles her seatbelt to lean over and kiss Leo. At that very moment, a truck rams their Saab 900 from behind and Paige crashes out through the windshield. Both of them are rushed to the emergency room, and as Leo, in a voice-over talks about how “moments of impact.. help in finding who we are” the movie cuts to how Paige and Leo first met. The scenes of how they courted, proposed and married are interwound with the present.
When Paige regains her consciousness, she thinks Leo is her doctor, implying her loss of memory. Paige verifies what her remaining memories are when she starts a conversation with Leo. She learns she has not lost all, except for the past few years of her life given she still remembers that she wanted to be an artist in high school. Paige is unable to figure out why she left law school.
Later her parents learn about the accident and come to visit her and it is for the first time that Leo meets them. They learn that the doctor recommends she return to her normal routine but her parents and Leo disagree about what her normal routine is at the present time. Leo tells Paige that she stopped talking to her parents before the accident mostly because her father insisted she attend law school while she attend art school. Paige is unable to understand why she broke off the engagement with Jeremy. Leo tries to persuade her to return home with him but she asks for proof such as a diary. He confirms that he does not know of such a diary existing before the accident.
Her parents insist on taking her home with them and Paige agrees assuming she might have married Leo for some mutual benefit. Just as she’s about to leave, Leo comes running to play her a voice message in which she sounds very happy and romantic. Paige decides to go back with Leo hoping it will help her regain her lost memory.
On the drive to their home, Paige learns from Leo that the American president is Obama. She recognizes him as the senator. Leo states that she voted for him. Paige is welcomed home with a surprise party by her friends but as she’s not able to remember any of them, she finds it overwhelming and isolates herself from the party.
She expresses her anger at the situation to Leo after the party is over and everyone leaves their home. Paige asks him to leave her alone so he complies with her request. The next day Paige appears dressed in a Chicago Cubs hoodie and she says it’s the only piece of clothing she owns that she feels comfortable putting on that morning. Leo informs her that it is actually owned by him. She grabs a piece of bacon and she puts it in her mouth but he informs her that she is vegetarian.
The Vow is a 2012 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy and written by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, and Jason Katims, inspired by the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as the Collins, with Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, and Jessica Lange in supporting roles. The Vow is the eighth highest-grossing romantic drama film since 1980. This was Spyglass Entertainment’s last film before MGM took over.
The Vow (2012)
Directed by: Michael Sucsy
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Jessica McNamee, Wendy Crewson, Tatiana Maslany, Lucas Bryant, Scott Speedman, Joey Klein, Jeananne Goossen
Screenplay by: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein
Production Design by: Kalina Ivanov
Cinematography by: Rogier Stoffers
Film Editing by: Melissa Kent, Nancy Richardson
Costume Design by: Alex Kavanagh
Set Decoration by: Jaro Dick
Art Direction by: Brandt Gordon
Music by: Michael Brook, Rachel Portman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for an accident scene, sexual content, partial nudity and some language.
Distributed by: Sony ScreenGems
Release Date: February 10, 2012
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