You ever see that music video for the Amy Grant/Vince Gill duet? Very '90s, cutesy, overly sentimental. It's no wonder that song was used for this movie.
Ugh, this was frustrating. Speechless is a light and breezy romantic comedy with two capable leads who share zero chemistry. Michael Keaton and Geena Davis are both more than capable of bringing odd or eccentric performances, but this is lazy sitcom writing. Even the politics are inoffensive.
Gross!
Speechless
1994
Action / Comedy / Romance
Speechless
1994
Action / Comedy / Romance
Keywords: lovepoliticsspeech writer
Plot summary
Meeting each other for the first time in the gift shop of the Las Cruces, New Mexico hotel where they are both staying, there is an undeniable and mutual attraction between Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick, with things they share being their insomnia and both being writers. That attraction may take a turn when they find out at an inopportune time that he is now not the television sitcom writer she believed him to be and she is now not the reporter he believed her to be, but rather they are both speechwriters for opposing candidates for the one open New Mexico senate seat, she writing for Democrat Lloyd Wannamaker, and he writing for Republican Ray Garvin. Beyond issues within their respective campaigns they may have let slip in their pillow talk, they have to decide if love and politics can mix. Their situation is further complicated by: Julia's ex-fiancé, war correspondent Robert Freed - nicknamed Baghdad Bob - trying to win her back, she who broke up with him believing he wanted a cheering section more than a wife; Kevin's unique relationship with cutthroat Annette, who hired him to work on Garvin's campaign; some not so little political impropriety which the other side would love to use to smear their opponent; and a few misunderstandings about the balance between their professional and personal lives.
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Nice competent rom-com
Kevin Vallick (Michael Keaton) and Julia Mann (Geena Davis) are two speech writers working for opposing sides in a campaign. Of course they fall for each other immediately over sleeping pills, but end up in a love hate relationship.
The two leads have great chemistry together. They make for a fun competitive couple. If there's anything missing, it's an edge. There's nothing in particular wrong with a light-hearted, light-weight rom-com. But the politics is hopelessly naive and out of date. Overall it's a sweet likable watch with some fun exchanges. It's just nothing that exciting.
Well-Written and Well-Performed....
Robert King's intelligent writing, Director Ron Underwood's eased direction & Likable Performances by Keaton & Davis make 'Speechless' a great one-time watch.
'Speechless' has a interesting plot of of two opposites attracting to each other. The protagonists face-off each other as Speech-writers. The political portions, the humorous scenes keep the proceedings alive. The climax has a good twist and penultimate scene does get a smile in your face.
If there is something that goes wrong in here, that is clearly it's slow-pace. No it's not boring at all, but yet you feel some portions could've been easily edited, especially the character of the Late Christopher Reeve.
But there's no denying that this underrated flick deserves a watch. No it doesn't leave you 'Speechles', but surely manages to entertain.