The Vow ( 2012 film ) - wikipedia The Vow ( 2012 film ) The Vow Theatrical release poster Directed by Michael Sucsy Produced by Roger Birnbaum Gary Barber Jonathan Glickman Paul Taublieb Screenplay by Abby Kohn Marc Silverstein Jason Katims Story by Stuart Sender Starring Rachel McAdams Channing Tatum Sam Neill Scott Speedman Jessica Lange Music by Rachel Portman Michael Brook Cinematography Rogier Stoffers Edited by Nancy Richardson Melissa Kent Production company Spyglass Entertainment Distributed by Screen Gems Release date February 6, 2012 ( 2012 - 02 - 06 ) ( Los Angeles ) February 10, 2012 ( 2012 - 02 - 10 ) ( United States ) Running time 104 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $30 million Box office $196.1 million The Vow is a 2012 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy and written by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, and Jason Katims, inspired by the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as the Collins, with Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, and Jessica Lange in supporting roles. The Vow was a box office success and is the eighth highest - grossing romantic drama film since 1980. This was Spyglass Entertainment 's last film before MGM took over. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Background 3.2 Music 3.2. 1 Track listing 4 Release 4.1 Critical response 4.2 Box office 4.3 Accolades 4.4 Home media 5 References 6 External links Plot Paige Collins ( Rachel McAdams ) and her husband Leo ( Channing Tatum ) come out of a movie theater. On their way home, at a stop sign, Paige unbuckles her seatbelt to lean over and kiss Leo. At that very moment, a truck rams their car from behind and Paige crashes through the windshield. Both of them are rushed to the emergency room, and as Leo, in a voice - over talks about how `` moments of impact help in finding who we are '' the movie cuts to how Paige and Leo first met. The scenes of how they courted, became engaged and married at the Art Institute of Chicago and share a kiss under the Cloud Gate are interwoven with the present. When Paige regains consciousness, she thinks Leo is her doctor, having lost all memories of the past few years. When her wealthy parents, Bill and Rita Thornton, learn about this, they visit her. This is the first time that Leo meets them, and they do not appreciate Leo taking their daughter, and not being informed. Paige does not understand why he would not have met her parents, after having been married to her. She finds it even stranger that he did not know why either. Nor did she understand why she left law school, broke her engagement with her previous fiancé, Jeremy, and why she has not been in touch with her family and friends. Her parents insist on taking her home with them and Paige agrees, thinking she might have married Leo for some mutual benefit. She seeks evidence of the marriage. Just as she is about to leave, Leo comes running to play her a voice message in which she sounds very happy and romantic. Paige decides to go back with Leo, hoping it will help her regain her lost memory. Paige is welcomed home with a surprise party by her friends, but as she is not able to remember any of them, she finds it overwhelming and is extremely confused. The next day Paige ventures out to her regular café, but does not remember having been there and loses her way back. She calls her mother because she does not know or remember Leo 's number. That evening Leo and Paige are invited for dinner by her parents. At the dinner and in the bar later, Leo does not fit in with her family and friends. He persists in his attempts to help her regain her lost memory, but Paige is more driven to learn why she left law school and broke her engagement to Jeremy. During the course of one encounter with Jeremy, she kisses him. Her doctor advises her to fill the holes in her memory rather than be afraid of her past. With her sister Gwen 's wedding approaching, Paige decides to stay with her parents until the wedding. Though Leo asks her out on a date and spends a night with her, the relationship is further strained when Paige 's dad attempts to persuade Leo to divorce his daughter, and by Leo punching Jeremy for talking about chances to bed his wife. Paige rejoins law school and Leo signs divorce papers. At a store, she meets her old friend Diane who, unaware of her amnesia, apologizes for having had a relationship with Paige 's dad, thus alerting Paige as to why she had left her family. When she confronts her mother about this, Rita tells her that she decided to stay with Bill for all the things he had done right instead of leaving him for one wrong act. Paige then asks Leo why he never told her, and he replies he wanted to earn her love instead of driving her away from her parents. Paige, while in class, starts sketching ; thus depicting why she first left law school. She continues her interest in art, eventually returning to sculpting and drawing. Though Jeremy confesses he broke up with his present girlfriend, hoping to be back with her, she turns him down stating she needs to know what life would be like without him. As seasons change, Leo discusses his philosophy about `` Moments of impact. '' `` A moment of impact whose potential for change has ripple 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 where you never thought you 'd find them... '' Back in her room, Paige finds the menu card on which she had written her wedding vows and is deeply moved. The movie ends with Paige finding Leo at their regular Café Mnemonic and going with him to try a new place instead of their old haunts. Cast Rachel McAdams as Paige Collins Channing Tatum as Leo Collins Jessica Lange as Rita Thornton, Paige 's mother Sam Neill as Bill Thornton, Paige 's father Jessica McNamee as Gwen Thornton, Paige 's sister Wendy Crewson as Dr. Fishman Tatiana Maslany as Lily Lucas Bryant as Kyle Scott Speedman as Jeremy Joey Klein as Josh Joe Cobden as Jim Jeananne Goossen as Sonia Dillon Casey as Ryan Shannon Barnett as Carrie Lindsay Ames as Shana Kristina Pesic as Lizbet Britt Irvin as Lina Sarah Carter as Diane Rachel Skarsten as Rose Production Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum 's casting was announced by Variety in June 2010. Filming took place from August until November 2010 in Toronto and Chicago. Background The Vow is based on the actual relationship of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow. Ten weeks after their wedding on 18 September 1993, the couple was involved in a serious car accident. Krickitt suffered a brain trauma, which erased all memories of her romance with Kim as well as their marriage. Kim was still deeply in love with his wife, although she viewed him as a stranger after the accident. Music The Vow : Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released February 7, 2012 Recorded 2011 Genre Soundtrack Label Rhino Records The soundtrack was released on February 7, 2012, through Rhino Records. The film score, written and composed by Rachel Portman and Michael Brook, was released digitally on a separate album on February 7, 2012 through Madison Gate Records. Track listing No. Title Performer ( s ) Length 1. `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' Meat Loaf 5 : 23 2. `` Specks '' Matt Pond PA 3 : 49 3. `` Leaving on the 5th '' Voxhaul Broadcast 3 : 41 4. `` This Too Shall Pass '' OK Go 3 : 08 5. `` Get Some '' Lykke Li 3 : 22 6. `` Nothing Was Stolen ( Love Me Foolishly ) '' Phosphorescent 4 : 49 7. `` Come On, Come On '' ( Dean & Britta Remix ) Scott Hardkiss feat. Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham 7 : 35 8. `` Play My Way '' Maya von Doll 3 : 21 9. `` Problems of Our Own '' Light FM 3 : 12 10. `` Neon Blue '' Still Life Still 3 : 20 11. `` Pictures of You '' The Cure 7 : 28 The digital version of the soundtrack also contains `` England '' by The National. Release Critical response The Vow received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 29 % based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9 / 10. The site 's consensus reads, `` Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams do their best with what they 're given, but The Vow is too shallow and familiar to satisfy the discriminating date - night filmgoer. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating to reviews, the film received an average score of 43 out of 100, based on 28 critics, which indicates `` mixed or average reviews ''. Emma Dibdin from Total Film gave the film a three stars rating out of five, commenting, `` there 's an essential sweetness at work here, thanks partly to McAdams and partly to an unusually chaste love story that ultimately keeps melodrama at bay. '' Empire critic Helen O'Hara gave the film a three stars rating out of five, also. She found McAdams `` excellent '' and Tatum `` surprisingly heartbreaking '' and concluded `` The few weaknesses in the plot can be overlooked as The Vow makes for a wonderful -- if a bit teary -- romance that is brilliantly acted. '' The Washington Post 's Stephanie Merry wrote `` It 's a shame things are so black and white, because the movie has more promise -- and more laughs -- than trailers suggest ''. She added `` Tatum, while a bit deficient in the dramatic acting department, delivers some memorable quips. He and McAdams also have chemistry. '' Giving the film a 2.5 stars out of 4, Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun - Times found it, `` pleasant enough as a date movie, but that 's all. '' USA Today wrote that `` It may appeal to the most rabid fans of tearjerk romances like The Notebook, but it 's a hard - to - swallow, maudlin tale. '' Betsy Sharkey, film critic from the Los Angeles Times wrote, `` Despite the sweet story, this is a movie that leaves you wanting more. To care more, to cry more, to love more. '' ReelViews ' James Berardinelli was very negative about the film. He wrote, `` with its would - be crowd - pleasing contrivances and rote adherence to formula, ( this film ) offers almost no redeeming characteristics. (... ) This is for young women what Transformers is for young men. He concluded describing the film as a `` heartless, soulless product ''. Jessica Lange 's performance has received critical praise and it was her first film in six years. Box Office The Vow debuted at # 1 in its opening weekend, with $15.4 million on opening day and $41.2 million over the weekend. On the Valentine 's Day the film grossed $11.6 million, breaking Hitch 's record $7.5 million for the highest - grossing mid-week Valentine 's Day. It also earned around $9.7 million internationally this weekend. On the weekend lasting from February 24 -- 26, The Vow became the first film of 2012 in North America to cross the $100 million mark, and the third film to cross the $100 million mark worldwide behind Underworld : Awakening and Journey 2 : The Mysterious Island. The film grossed $125 million I n North America and $71.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $196.1 million. It is the eighth highest - grossing romantic drama film since 1980. Accolades List of awards and nominations Award Recipient ( s ) Result BMI Film & TV Awards Film Music Award Rachel Portman Won Golden Trailer Awards Best Romance Nominated Best Romance TV Spot `` Forever '' Won MTV Movie Awards Best Male Performance Channing Tatum Nominated Best Kiss Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum Nominated Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie : Drama Nominated Choice Movie : Romance Nominated Choice Movie Actor : Drama Channing Tatum Nominated Choice Movie Actress : Drama Rachel McAdams Nominated People 's Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic Movie Nominated Favorite Movie Actor Channing Tatum ( also for Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street ) Nominated Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor Channing Tatum ( also for Magic Mike ) Nominated Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress Rachel McAdams Nominated Home Media The DVD and Blu - ray Disc were released on May 8, 2012 with a rating of PG - 13. 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February 5, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012. Jump up ^ iTunes -- Music -- The Vow ( Music from the Motion Picture ) by Various Artists Jump up ^ `` The Vow ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2013 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ `` The Vow ''. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 11, 2012. Jump up ^ Dibdin, Emma ( January 7, 2012 ). `` The Vow review ''. Total Film. Retrieved February 4, 2012. Jump up ^ O'Hara, Helen. `` Empire 's The Vow Movie Review ''. Empire. Retrieved February 7, 2012. Jump up ^ Merry, Stephanie ( February 10, 2012 ). `` Critic review for The Vow ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Reviews : The Vow ''. Chicago Sun - Times. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Jump up ^ Pig, Claudia ( February 10, 2012 ). `` ' The Vow ' : You 'll swear you 've seen this before ''. USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Jump up ^ Sharkey, Betsy ( February 10, 2012 ). `` ' The Vow ' leaves you wanting more ''. Los Angeles Times. 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Question: who is the movie the vow based on
Answer: Kim and Krickitt Carpenter