The Vow Trailer Review

'The Vow' is a romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy. This film stars Channing Tatum who also starred in 'Magic Mike', Rachel McAdams who starred in 'The Time Traveler's Wife', Sam Neill who also starred in 'Jurassic Park', Scott Speedman who starred in 'The Moth Diaries', Jessica McNamee who also starred in 'The Loved Ones', Wendy Crewson who starred in 'The Santa Clause' and finally Jessica Lange who also starred in 'Blue Sky'.
In the opening two minutes we can see big bright LED lights in the shape of letters, these letter shaped lights immediately make the audience think of an american theatre/cinema and so the location is revealed. The music during this is very calming. As the camera is panning down the front of the theatre we get to see the date 'March 6', this could be a subtle way of informing the audience for future references in the film. We can then see a happy couple walk out of the front doors smiling and looking content with each others company, although we haven't been told we automatically know that they are a couple by their body language. We also get a short glimpse of the street which is thick with snow and so we know what their surroundings are going to be like, cold wet and windy. The couple then stop and admire the snow covered street in which the female character comments 'It's so beautiful', to which her boyfriend/fiancée/husband kisses her on the head.
After leaving the theatre Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) and her husband Leo (Channing Tatum)  are then 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 hospital, 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, proposed and married at the Art Institute of Chicago are interwoven with the present. The effect this has already given to the audience makes them feel involved as they have previewed important events of the couples lives together and so an audience would automatically sympathize with the couple.