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==Plot==
==Plot==
A horrific car accident puts Paige Collins (McAdams) in a coma and gives her severe memory loss, making her husband Leo ([[Channing Tatum]]) work to win her heart again. After several romantic trials, they start their relationship anew.
A horrific car accident puts Paige Collins ([[McAdams]]) in a coma and gives her severe memory loss, making her husband Leo ([[Channing Tatum]]) work to win her heart again. After several romantic trials, they start their relationship anew.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 10:19, 17 March 2012

The Vow
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Sucsy
Written byAbby Kohn
Marc Silverstein
Michael Sucsy
Produced byGary Barber
Roger Birnbaum
Susan Cooper
J. Miles Dale
Jonathan Glickman
Austin Hearst
Paul Taublieb
StarringRachel McAdams
Channing Tatum
Sam Neill
Scott Speedman
Jessica Lange
Jessica McNamee
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
Edited byMelissa Kent
Nancy Richardson
Music byMichael Brook
Rachel Portman
Production
company
Distributed byScreen Gems
Release date
  • February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$158,260,715[2]

The Vow is a 2012 romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy, starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange.[3] The film is based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter.[4]

Background

The Vow is based on the actual relationship of Kim Carpenter from Farmington, New Mexico, who wrote a book about his marriage, also known as The Vow.[4][5] Ten weeks after their wedding on 18 September 1993, the couple was in an automobile accident in which Krickitt suffered brain trauma, which erased memories of her romance with Kim as well as their recent marriage.[4] Kim, however, was still madly in love with his wife, although his wife viewed him as a stranger after the accident.[4][5] However, according to the couple, their faith in Jesus and their wedding vows before God kept them together.[4][5][6]

Plot

A horrific car accident puts Paige Collins (McAdams) in a coma and gives her severe memory loss, making her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) work to win her heart again. After several romantic trials, they start their relationship anew.

Cast

Production

In June 2010, it was reported Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum would star in The Vow.[9]

Filming took place from August until November 2010 in Toronto and Chicago.[9]

Release

Critical response

The film received negative reviews from critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 28% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 114 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10.[10] However of 31,470 Rotten Tomatoes users, 64% liked it, rating it 3.5 stars or higher, giving The Vow an average rating of 3.6/5.[10] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 44, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[11] Emma Dibdin from Total Film gave the film a three stars rating out of five, commenting, "there’s an essential sweetness at work here, thanks partly to McAdams and partly to an unusually chaste love story that ultimately keeps melodrama at bay."[12] Empire critic Helen O'Hara gave the film a three stars rating out of five too. She found McAdams "excellent" and Tatum "surprisingly heartbreaking" and concluded "The few weaknesses in the plot can be overlooked as The Vow makes for a wonderful - if a bit teary - romance that is brilliantly acted."[13] The Washington Post's Stephanie Merry wrote "It's a shame things are so black and white, because the movie has more promise - and more laughs - than trailers suggest." She added "Tatum, while a bit deficient in the dramatic acting department, delivers some memorable quips. He and McAdams also have chemistry."[14]

Giving the film a 2.5 stars out of 4, Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times found it "pleasant enough as a date movie, but that's all."[15] USA Today wrote that "It may appeal to the most rabid fans of tearjerk romances like The Notebook, but it's a hard-to-swallow, maudlin tale."[16] Betsy Sharkey, film critic from the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Despite the sweet story, this is a movie that leaves you wanting more. To care more, to cry more, to love more."[17] ReelViews' James Berardinelli was very negative about the film. He wrote, "with its would-be crowd-pleasing contrivances and rote adherence to formula, [this film] offers almost no redeeming characteristics. [...] This is for young women what Transformers is for young men. He concluded describing the film as a "heartless, soulless product."[18]

Box office

The Vow debuted at #1 with strong results on its opening weekend, with $15.4 million on opening day and $41.2 million over the weekend.[19] On the 2012 Valentine's Day the film grossed $11.6 million, breaking Hitch's record $7.5 million for the highest-grossing mid-week Valentine’s Day.[20] It also earned around $9.7 million overseas this weekend. It currently has the highest weekend debut of 2012, beating out The Devil Inside.[21] On the weekend ending lasting from February 24-26, The Vow became the first film of 2012 in North America to cross the $100 million mark domestically and the third film to cross the $100 million mark worldwide behind Underworld:Awakening and Journey 2:The Mysterious Island.[22] As of March 14, 2012, the film has earned an estimated $118,659,864 in North America and has a worldwide total of $158,260,715.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Movie Projector: 'The Vow' to sweep audiences off their feet". LATimes. February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "The Vow (2012)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  3. ^ Harley W. Lond (2010-06-18). "Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum Team on 'The Vow'". The Moviefone Blog. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  4. ^ a b c d e Kathy L. Gilbert (3:00 P.M. ET February 13, 2012). "The Vow: A real love story of faith". The United Methodist Church. The Vow, a movie based on Kim and Krickitt Carpenter's story, debuted Feb. 10 and was the top movie of the weekend, making $41.7 million. However, the romantic movie is not even close to telling the true story of faith and commitment that has kept the Carpenters devoted to each other for 20 years. Their saga began 10 weeks after their wedding on Sept. 18, 1993. They were in a serious automobile accident that left Krickitt with no memories of her husband or their new marriage. She suffered a severe brain trauma that wiped out 18 months of her life — the entire time she and Kim met, dated and married. While he was still madly in love with her, he was a stranger she wanted nothing to do with. The glue that kept them together was their faith in Christ and the promise they had made before God. The Carpenters attend First United Methodist Church in Farmington, N.M. "Both of us know unconditionally we would not have made it through this ordeal without the Lord being in the center of it all," Kim Carpenter told United Methodist News Service. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Jo Piazza (February 16, 2012). "Real-life couple from 'The Vow' says it 'would have been nice' to see Christian references in film". Fox News. Based on the love story of two devout Christians, the movie version of The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, strips the tale of its overt religious themes, which has some Christian reviewers concerned. The book tells the story of Kim and Krickitt, who met and fell in love over a long distance phone call in 1992, bonded over their Christian faith, and were married a very short time later. Just 10 weeks into their marriage, the couple survived a terrible car wreck that left Krickitt in a coma with severe head trauma. Upon waking, Krickitt experienced amnesia and was essentially married to a stranger, forgetting the last 18 months of her life. Throughout the book, it is the couple's religious belief in the unbreakable vow of marriage that keeps them together. "You make a promise before God with your wedding vows," Krickitt Carpenter told Fox411.com. "You have to take that seriously."
  6. ^ Koonse, Emma (February 17, 2012). "'The Vow' Real Couple Hoped for More Faith in Film". The Christian Post. Devout Christians, Kim and Krickitt Carpenter were wed after a long and careful courting process involving prayer and church. Their attraction to one another as well as their relationship was built around their faith, and ultimately it was their love of God that saved their marriage.
  7. ^ a b "Jessica Lange and Sam Neill Join The Vow". HollywoodTrailers.net. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  8. ^ "Jessica McNamee Joins Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum in 'The Vow'". FilmoFilia.com. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  9. ^ a b McNary, Dave (June 17, 2010). "McAdams, Tatum promised 'Vow'". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "The Vow". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved March 04, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ "The Vow". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  12. ^ Dibdin, Emma (January 7, 2012). "The Vow review". Total Film. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  13. ^ O'Hara, Helen. "Empire's The Vow Movie Review". Empire. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  14. ^ Merry, Stephanie (February 10, 2012). "Critic review for The Vow". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  15. ^ "Reviews: The Vow". Chicago Sun-Times. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  16. ^ Pig, Claudia (February 10, 2012). "'The Vow': You'll swear you've seen this before". USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  17. ^ Sharkey, Betsy (February 10, 2012). "'The Vow' leaves you wanting more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  18. ^ Berardinelli, James (February 9, 2012). "The Vow". ReelViews. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  19. ^ "Weekend Report: Moviegoers Say “I Do” to ‘The Vow,’ Check In to ‘Safe House’". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  20. ^ "'The Vow' earns $11.6 million on Valentine's Day". InsideMovies. EW.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  21. ^ "2012 OPENING GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  22. ^ Weekend Report: 'Act of Valor' Gets SEAL of Approval
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