When Paige (Rachel McAdams) is thrown through the windscreen during a car accident, her blissfully artsy lifestyle with young, bohemian husband Leo (Channing Tatum) is jeopardized when it is revealed that she’s suffering from amnesia. 
The film makes the point of stating, twice, that the plot is “inspired by true events”, although this luke-warm, inert romantic comedy cannot rightly be described as possessing excessive plausibility. However, unabashedly sentimental, The Vow pulls at those heart-strings, so it’s sure to get your lip quivering and tears dripping down into your pop-corn.
While pretty-boy (and useless in most other respects) Channing Tatum is woefully miscast as Leo, the ever-cute Rachel McAdams puts in yet another solid performance. Having said that, it’s not one of her greatest films, and I certainly won’t be putting it alongside Mean Girls or The Notebook in my own DVD collection at home.
Released in time for Valentine’s day, The Vow is best described as a great film for girlfriends who want a good old cry and boyfriends who are prepared to hold their hands and sit through nearly two hours of romantic drivel.