The title of the movie is a reference to the wedding vows that Paige and Leo wrote for their own ceremony, their vows to love and support each other no matter what. And that plays precisely into the story.
Set in Chicago, Rachel McAdams is Paige and Channing Tatum is Leo. She had been in law school, because that is what her parents wanted for her, but she had dropped out of that to pursue art, particularly sculpture. She had become estranged from her parents. He was a musician and ran a small recording studio. They met, fell in love, were married.
One evening they were goofing off a bit in the car, which required that she remove her seat belt. On the snowy road they were rear-ended by a truck, which pushed the car into a pole. She went through the windshield and ended up badly injured in the hospital, and kept in an induced coma for a time.
When she awoke she didn't know who Leo was. She had no memory of any part of her life since her law school days, and thought she was still in law school. She obviously was surprised to know she was married to Leo.
So what we have here is a story of two people trying to reconnect after this trauma. In fact Paige more than anything needed to figure out who she was, and in the process a number of family issues had to come up and be dealt with. Plus the old boyfriend that she had broken off with before she met Leo.
Jessica Lange as Rita Thornton and Sam Neill as Bill Thornton are effective as Paige's parents.
Good movie, takes an unconventional path to get to where Paige and Leo are able to discover each other in a fresh manner, and take the first steps to possibly reconnect as they had before the accident.
Feb 2013: Saw it on Blu-ray, enjoyed it even more, based on a true story.
Set in Chicago, Rachel McAdams is Paige and Channing Tatum is Leo. She had been in law school, because that is what her parents wanted for her, but she had dropped out of that to pursue art, particularly sculpture. She had become estranged from her parents. He was a musician and ran a small recording studio. They met, fell in love, were married.
One evening they were goofing off a bit in the car, which required that she remove her seat belt. On the snowy road they were rear-ended by a truck, which pushed the car into a pole. She went through the windshield and ended up badly injured in the hospital, and kept in an induced coma for a time.
When she awoke she didn't know who Leo was. She had no memory of any part of her life since her law school days, and thought she was still in law school. She obviously was surprised to know she was married to Leo.
So what we have here is a story of two people trying to reconnect after this trauma. In fact Paige more than anything needed to figure out who she was, and in the process a number of family issues had to come up and be dealt with. Plus the old boyfriend that she had broken off with before she met Leo.
Jessica Lange as Rita Thornton and Sam Neill as Bill Thornton are effective as Paige's parents.
Good movie, takes an unconventional path to get to where Paige and Leo are able to discover each other in a fresh manner, and take the first steps to possibly reconnect as they had before the accident.
Feb 2013: Saw it on Blu-ray, enjoyed it even more, based on a true story.