FAM Movie Review : The Vow ( 2012 )

Genre : Drama | Romance

Director : Michael Sucsy

FAM Rating : 9/10

Wrtier :  Jason Katims,

Screenplay : Abby Kohn

Characters : Rachel McAdams  ( Paige ) , Channing Tatum  ( Leo ) , Jessica Lange  ( Rita Thornton ) , Sam Neill ( Bill Thornton ) , Scott Speedman ( Jeremy ) , Tatiana Maslany     ( Lily )

The Vow is based on true incident  happened to Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow. This movie revolves around two important characters, husband Leo (Channing Tatum) and his wife Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) . The Movie kick-starts with a tragedy , a car accident  while returning from a theater where these two cute couple get admitted to a hospital. Leo owns a Music studio and Paige is a Art student in nearby college . Post accident , Leo is recovered in couple of days but Paige sustained head injury and she is been kept in a induced coma in-order to prevent severe pain during healing process . Though leo is broken to see his wife in this state watches her day and night for her recovery. Finally after so many days she is back normal but with a shocking news that she lost all her memory and she no more remembers leo or her marriage with Him. Leo is shattered to know this but accepts his fate. Before the accident , she was happily married with leo , she has left her house , her parents moved  to city to live with leo and to continue her art class where in her father wanted her to study law. Leo was a very caring husband and they both shared a very good chemistry each other. Now that this accident caused a severe memory loss and that she doesn't remember anything with Leo , her parents come by to take her back home. For now Leo is just a stranger for her and in this awkward situation he begs to his own wife to give him a chance to prove and to live with him in a attempt to understand their relationship and to try gain memory.

Finally Paige moves in with Leo to his apartment but now they no more feel as husband and wife but as some stranger and Leo is totally heart broken but still determined to win her back and to make her understand his love 'n'  life they lived together. Paige tries to get along with her life by seeing her marriage video , pictures but still nothing helps her to gain the lost memory . As per her , last what she could remember is a life with her parents and her engagement with Jeremy. Leo tried different ways but everything in vain and he is just broken but cannot let her go. In meantime Paige is back with her life consisting of her parents and she least bothered about leo , same time she also falls for Jeremy because as per her last memory she is engaged to him , but in actual she broke that engagement then came to city lived a life there and married leo, but unfortunate she don't remember that but tries to find or make a reason why she left Jeremy. Sad leo just cant see his wife falling for Jeremy because of her lost memory and he desperately tries all the methods he could to get her back in his life. At some point he asks his own wife for a date to make her love him all over again , because he lost his belief that she will ever regain her memory. Same-time her parents want leo to leave her so she can lead a new life which initially he refuses later he signs up the divorce paper for only reason to see her happy and that she cant live with him like that . Paige also seems his struggle to get her back but she couldn't love the same way she did before the accident and she feels helpless and at one point she says to Leo that she cannot see him hurt trying & leo walks away saying " How do you look at the woman you love, and tell yourself that its time to walk away?  " . Will he win her back in his life , Will she accept leo over Jeremy , will they marry again will be the remaining part of it........!!!

This is what the movie is all about ..The Vow they make during their marriage and how they stand by it

Paige: I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.
Leo: I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love.

Michael Sucsy has chosen a perfect story to bring it to a big screen and sure he brought it in a perfect style convincing the actual couples from which the story is inspired from . The full show is of Channing Tatum ( Leo ) with his awesome performance and seamless acting. He just brings the emotions beautifully out making the audience melt away. Its amazing how Leo and Paige share their life and its beautiful to see the chemistry between them . You will feel touched by the struggle and try what leo does and the pain what he goes through. Its a pure joy watching this film and it goes on like a breeze , hats off to the screenplay by Abby Kohn. No wonder why this is 6th highest grossing romantic film of all time. Its a beautiful movie with so many emotions , feelings and sure it would touch your heart deep . Its all in all Leo the savior of the movie and i am sure none could have justified this role apart from Tatum with his cool looks , causal effortless acting , simple but powerful expression. The scene post signing divorce paper where he cries playing a guitar and telling to his friend Lily that Paige is not loving him anymore with tears all over his eyes would just squeeze your heart. There are so many scenes which would blow your mind haunt you for long time , but i feel  its better to experience it with the virtual then reading it in my words. Am sure watching this movie would be one hell of a unique experience which none would want to miss.

FAM Punch Line : If you haven't watched this movie before and that you are a fan of romantic movies like Nicolas sparks then this is it , would be a highly recommended movie for you. Don't miss it . Its a pure Joy watching it and a perfect entertainer. Just enjoy watching and feel it along. Love and Love Only.





Some of beautiful quotes from the movie :
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Leo: Life's all about moments, of impact and how they changes our lives forever. But what if one day you could no longer remember any of them?

Leo: How do you look at the woman you love, and tell yourself that its time to walk away?

Leo: I vow to love you, and no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other.

Leo: The moment of impact. The moment of impact proves potential for change. Has ripples effects far beyond what we can predict. Sending some particles crashing together. Making them closer than before. While sending others spinning off into great ventures. Landing them where you've never thought you've found them. That's the thing about moments like these. You can't, no matter how hard you try, controlling how it's gonna affect you. You just gotta let the colliding part goes where they may. And wait. For the next collision.

           The Real Kim and Krickitt Carpenter Couples with Rachel McAdams  ( Paige ) & Channing Tatum  ( Leo )