It's at least on par with The Notebook: Based on a true story and directed by Emmy-winning Michael Sucsy (HBO's Grey Gardens), The Vow is a fine addition to the romantic drama canon, says Peter Debruge at Variety. ' The Vow will stink up theaters even worse than a tub of buttered popcorn'

The Notebook was 'high-class romantic mush.' Here, McAdams is 'stuck in far deeper, dopier muck.' The impossibly wooden dialogue 'practically clunks like blocks thudding against each other.' Tatum lumbers through it all like an awkward galoot - the 'polar opposite' of Ryan Gosling's endearing Notebook character - while McAdams is typically radiant, but 'irritatingly false.' 'Review: The Vow is for people who like to get Teddy Bears on Valentine's Day'Įveryone will hate this film: Suggesting that The Vow will appeal to fans of The Notebook is a grave insult to the The Notebook, says Leah Rozen at The Wrap. Too bad he's saddled with dialogue 'straight out of a Sweet Valley High novel.' Women who love these types of movies will gobble up The Vow like a Whitman's Sampler. Still, anyone outside of its target demographic will 'find it a painful experience.' Tatum's swoonworthy Leo is the personification of 'everything that women are told they want in Cosmopolitan': He strums the guitar, proffers flowers, and finds time to maintain washboard abs. Their dates, not so much: The Vow is marginally better than it looks, says Kimber Myers at Indie Wire.

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