Broken Vows

This film had such potential. It really started great...and then quickly went south.Spoiler alert...Tara really loves her fiance. REALLY. But she sleeps with a bartender in New Orleans on a bachelorette outing.Normal women, who really love their man don't do this. The ones who do, well...you know how those marriages generally end up.But, well, here we are. She returns home and mum's the word. Her besties, who kind of goaded her into it won't say anything about it.Well, the guy follows her. Because she left her phone behind in the guy's place. Smart. Just brilliant. And pretty unlikely, given she later says, "My life is literally on that phone."And the guy begins to undo her wedding plans. Why? Because he LOVES her. Turns out, he's rather psycho. And we learn of a history because Tara hires a PI.And so it goes. He makes his presence known, even meets the fiance and yammers on about how close he and Tara are. But fiance tells him to take off. Figures he's a no good guy and not worth the bother.And we descend into the banal from there.So much potential ruined. I mean, we grow to dislike the bad guy, which is good. We like the fiance, too. But Tara...she's just not likeable. And we see why all the way through. She just doesn't make us want to be on her side, not really. Stupid woman slept with a total stranger, cheating on the man she says she really, really loves.Sigh...and it doesn't improve after the wedding. Nope. Cliche plot, no tension, nothing to make us care about his relentless pursuit of "twue wuv", to quote a far superior film about love and obsession.

As a woman, I like dramas like this, so take that with a grain of salt. It's watchable, but yes, there is major suspension of disbelief. It's also an obvious morality tale. Don't cheat, lol! The judgement is on the woman though. If she loved her fiance so much, why did she cheat? Even if it was a tit-for-tat, if you actually loved him that much (don't want to give any spoilers), then you wouldn't cheat on him. They spend the whole time showing how beautiful it was when she and Wes Bentley (who plays sexy bad boy very well) get together, who we don't really know if he's crazy yet. Unpopular opinion, let's just say he wasn't crazy, he could well have fell in love with her that fast. Sex has been reduced to "hook-ups" when it's actually supposed to be a bonding. In summary, without giving anything away, everyone got what they deserved.

I really have hoped that one day Wes Bentley would do something that wows me, still waiting, I really like Cam Gigandet too and it is the same with him, after the first Twilight film. This was an all too familiar plotline that was girl goes out for a bachelorette party before her marriage to Cam and meets the alluring Wes Bentley and I will admit that he did play the bad guy well. He was moved into the role of the stalker and he could not leave her alone. I will give this a lukewarm recommendation and not much more than that. The performances were okay but I also had to question Wes being able to take Cam. Cam is very muscled.

Interesting Stalker Story, although in my opinion, should have stopped with stalker getting killed during wedding scene, then she could have been told later on that she was pregnant....or something else for the twist. Why does the stalker get to win every time? I went out on a limb to keep watching after the implausible bachelorette night, but liked that she confided in her friend (and finally her fiance~ kind of). 99.99% of men would happily let the one night stand go on her merry way. Good stalker ideas, but not well enough developed.

I don't know if this went to theater. I could see it not doing well there, but for those of us who love a sexy thriller drama, with a gorgeous cast, intriguing characters and just the right amount of predictability, this is for you! It was for me, anyway. It delivered on all of the Lifetime movie stuff I crave.

Everything about this movie was just okay. It wasn't great and it wasn't horrible. The storyline is one that's been done over and over again. The writer and director played it safe and didn't stray from the formula. It's not a bad formula to use, but its just been used to death. There are times when I want to watch a decent movie that I don't have to pay too much attention to---this is definitely one of those.

Broken Vows (2016) is a unique story, not an everyday occurrence, and that's what held my interest. I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen next, but I was wrong. It was like watching the lives of two people in love unfold, each with a past. A review by Edwin Self said he produced this movie & he mentioned Tommy Lee Jones, and that confused me until I looked it up. Jones was in a 1987 movie with the same title, but he played the part of a priest who broke his vows. That aside, if you like psychological thrillers, Broken Vows (2016) is one that will keep you guessing. I know it did me, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

I wasn't expecting a whole lot because of the ratings, but I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't mind-blowing, but it kept me in my seat. I love Wes Bentley. He's fantastic, everything he does. He was appropriately creepy, but could have gone just a little more psycho. Cam Gigandet is loveable and the kind of guy you'd want to marry: understanding and forgiving. It felt like maybe too much had been edited out and it needed a bit more meat, but I'd watch it again.

good movie