The Vow Movie Analysis

“The Vow” is a movie that encases the turmoil and hardship associated with retrograde amnesia and the classic symptoms and steps associated with recovering and potentially regaining lost memory. Taking into account the information gained through multiple sources; such as, lecture of Mental Health, medical databases, and the personal experiences of Krickett Carpenter, the Vow provides both an accurate and inaccurate depiction of retrograde amnesia. The movie opens up introducing the main characters, Paige and Leo. Paige and Leo are a happily married couple who live in the city and on one very snowy night, are involved in an accident. The accident causes Paige to be thrown onto the hood of the car with her head leading her way crashing through

As Paige returns back to her life with her estranged husband Leo, she has clear frustration but gives up on regaining her memory rather quickly. The movie portrayed Leo as the one who was unstably dealing with the events that had unfolded before them, more so than Paige did. Paige regresses back to the woman she was five years ago, and had a massive shift in personality and lifestyle. Normal presentation of retrograde amnesia does not alter ones personality; if there is a shift in personality, it is more likely due to a regression in knowledge and the ability to retain both standing knowledge and new information (Mastin, 2010). Paige returns back home to immerse herself in an environment she is comfortable with and used to. She fit back into her old life seamlessly until she began maturing and discovering reasons why she left home in the first place. During this phase the movie depicted the setbacks and frustration associated with amnesia very well. While Paige was living at home away from Leo, he saw it as an opportunity to rebuild their love and was eager to begin this process with Paige all over again. After weeks of failed attempts to show his love and affection he gave into a pressured and seemingly eminent divorce. Leo had a very hard time dealing with this new chapter of his life and from then on engorged in working more and distracted himself with a new pet. After the divorce had gone through, Paige had not regained any of her memory and decided to make a path of her own and got an apartment, a new job, and began falling back into why she loved being an artist