“The Vow is a painfully humourless affair that I expect to have forgotten by the time this review appears.” Philip French, Observer [UK]

“The film’s Nicholas Sparks-style sweet nothings extract as many eye rolls as ‘aws’; it’s a box of cheap chocolates for someone you just met and you’re not really sure you care for.” Monica Castillo, Boston Phoenix

“McAdams is a beautiful blank. There’s not a single moment when her character feels real, or as if she genuinely has anything at stake.” Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

“Most of the time it plays like the movie adaptation of a Land’s End catalogue, making monogamy seem essential by associating it with high-end interior design.” Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader