I love Rachel McAdams but "The Vow" was a complete waste of my time and reminds me of something my 6th grade self would hurriedly write and submit thinking it was genius.

    An Unqualified, Uncalled for Review by Moi, Irina.

I was bored. Procrastinating. Netflix scrolling. Searching for a heart-wrenching, twisting, warming romance movie or rom-com to watch I landed upon "The Vow", and began watching with high expectations. The beginning of the movie was okay, it had what seemed like would evolve into an interesting plot. Leo (played by Channing Tatum), a recording studio owner is happily married to artist Paige (by Rachel McAdams). The movie shows a happy, romantic, sunshine and puppies (or rather in this case euphoric snow scene) moment the husband and wife share before... Paige is hit by a car. Paige loses parts of her memory and doesn't remember who Leo is. Leo is obviously devastated. Ok, so at this point, I'm thinking ohhhh so this movie is going to be about them falling in love again, that sounds pretty solid. Throughout the beginning of the movie, it transitions between flashbacks of Leo and Paige's "amazing love" before the accident to the current aftermath. However, despite Rachel McAdam's great job of yet again portraying every man's ideal, feminine, beautiful, carefree woman, the scenes of their happy marriage are kind of... bland. I don't know if it's Channing Tatum (Leo)'s fault, or the writing (it's probably both), but it was kind of like watching a blank screen while eating a bowl of white rice in a room that's at a moderate temperature. Their conversations were just a bunch of Paige throwing her head back in laughter, being the perfect woman while Channing Tatum looks at her with what I assume were supposed to be loving eyes. Then after the accident, Rachel only remembers her old life with her wealthy family, friends, and fiance (all of which she had left behind to become an artist and marry Leo). At this point, Leo feels useless because he's poorer than everyone and doesn't know how to act in such a social scene where Paige is supposedly "different" from the Paige Leo fell in love with. Please, give Paige a break... she literally has amnesia and Leo is judging her because she's hanging out with the only people from her past that she remembers. To be honest, at this point, I was just thinking that Leo and Paige should get a divorce, Paige still doesn't remember her married life with Leo, and Leo is just being a big baby, sulking in the corner as Paige reconnects with her family. Then, Paige's father forces Leo to divorce Paige, and eventually, Leo agrees to let Paige go because he loves her. Then a while later Paige and Leo meet up again and decide to try a new restaurant on a snowy day, breaking the tradition they had pre-accident of going to the same diner. Guess what? The movie ends there. When the movie ended, I was just... confused. They spent most of the movie time in conflict, Paige rediscovering her old life because of her amnesia, breaking things off with Leo, then at the end they get a meal together. What even was the point of the movie? There was no swoon-worthy romance, there was no lesson learned, no takeaways... literally nothing. Apparently, the movie was actually based on a true story that was published as a book called "The Vow". Ironically, the couple later divorced after the male admitted to having an affair... yea... um... 

Anyways, I have to go there's a hurricane coming so we're going sledding.