Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams play Paige and Leo in the romantic drama “The Vow.” (Photo Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

Traditionally, Valentine’s Day is the time of year when Hollywood releases a slew of sappy romantic movies hoping that witless boyfriends will sacrifice two hours of their life to make their significant other happy.

The movies are never too good, in fact, Valentine’s weekend is usually known to release some of the worst movies of the year.

Keeping with the tradition this year is Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum’s newest film, “The Vow.”

“The Vow” revolves around Paige and Leo, a love-drunk couple who look as if they jumped off the pages of a J. Crew catalogue.

The two live in a chic loft on the northside of Chicago.

Tragedy strikes when the couple gets into a car accident that leaves Paige in a coma.

The movie takes a surprising turn when Paige wakes up.

As if some divine entity pressed Paige’s reset button, McAdam’s character wakes up from her coma with no recollection of the past five years.

In fact, the memory loss is so bad that Paige has no idea she is even married to Leo.

In her mind, Paige is still engaged to her former fiance, Jeremy.

With Paige’s memory loss comes the reintroduction of Paige’s family into her life.

Before Paige met Leo, she was in law school and still talking to her upper-class family.

However, after an affair tears her family apart, Paige left law school to move to Chicago and pursue a career as a sculptor.

With the addition of Paige’s family, Leo finds it even harder to win back the love of his life.

The rest of the movie follows Leo’s quest to win back Paige and convince his wife of the love they once shared.

With a story rooted within itself, “The Vow” spends too much time explaining each character’s reason for being in the picture.

Perhaps the biggest problem with “The Vow” lies in its casting. In this critic’s opinion, Rachel McAdams can do no wrong on screen. As Paige, McAdams possessed the casual demeanor of the character necessary for the role.

However, McAdam’s co-star, Channing Tatum, lacked the skills necessary to keep up with his leading lady.

While “The Vow” may not be the best movie to be released on Valentine’s Day, it certainly isn’t the worst.

At parts, “The Vow” lives up to its blockbuster billing, but ironically lacks the heart necessary to be a touching romantic film.

Witless boyfriends beware.