The Vow

So just been to the cinema this evening to watch this, and as much as I adore the film simply because it is a girly film and is just lovely...I have to say it is not as good as other adaptations of novels by Nicholas Sparks.


There is no doubt in my mind that all, if not most of you, have either heard of or watched The Notebook. Heartbreaking and beautiful. A DVD that must be in every girls DVD collection (sorry about the typical stereotyping!) The Notebook is my favourite adaptation from Nicholas Sparks. Then follows Dear John. The book is great and everything you want from a book. The film on the other hand...kinda falls short half way through. Good film, don't get me wrong! But could have been done a lot better in my opinion. Then we come to The Vow...

I still find the type casting of this film absolutely hilarious...but so perfect at the same time. You have Racheal McAdams who plays Paige in The Vow...and who also played Ally in The Notebook. And Channing Tatum playing Leo in The Vow...and John in Dear John. Hey, I guess these guys just capture the characters that Nicholas Sparks creates really well.

Now for the review...

First 30 minutes of the film were great. Perfect actually. Not a flaw at all. The characters are set up beautifully and their life and how it changes are all done very well and tastefully. Then the film begins to throw its audience around...and not in the way we like! There's none of that "will they, wont they" as you are constantly shown different things. Maybe that's accurate for a depiction of someone with amnesia, maybe not. But personally, it made me feel a little uncomfortable. So you go through this stage for the majority of the film. Then in the last half an hour, things got flipped tits up once again...just for the film to end (in a rush) in the complete opposite way! It isn't a satisfying ending, but the story itself is satisfying. The acting is superb and you end up sympathising for Leo more than you do Paige (or maybe that's just because he is played by Channing Tatum and he's just too pretty to hate on).

All in all, I did like the film. Well, I liked the story and I now want to go and read the book. Although it is obviously a romance film, there are little snippets of comedy in there. But I mean little. The odd joke from Tatum to be honest. It's definitely not as upsetting as I was told it is...although there were a few points in the film where I did well up a tad! It's nothing compared to The Notebook though. So I recommend that if you are going to see it, then don't go in thinking "well the story was written by the same guy who wrote The Notebook, so it's going to be good" because you will just leave disappointed. And if you didn't know about Nicholas Sparks and that he wrote all of these different stories...well now you do! 

Heads up for any future Sparks adaptations...always take a tissue for tears in the cinema. None of his stories have a happy ending! 

I rate this film a 7/10 :] thanks for reading! Share around and leave your comments below.