In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Acting
Keaton and Davis trading barbs with surgical precision.
Writing
Speechwriter dialogue that actually sounds written by speechwriters.
Costume
Peak 90s campaign trail realness — shoulder pads for days.
Director
Ron Underwood
Michael Keaton
Kevin
Geena Davis
Julia
Bonnie Bedelia
Annette
Christopher Reeve
Bob 'Bagdad' Freed
Ernie Hudson
Ventura
Charles Martin Smith
Kratz
Gailard Sartain
Lee Cutler
Ray Baker
Ray Garvin
Mitchell Ryan
Lloyd Wannamaker
Willie Garson
Dick
Paul Lazar
Harry
Richard Poe
Tom
Harry Shearer
Chuck
Steven Wright
Eddie
Jodi Carlisle
Doris Wind
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Geena Davis and director Ron Underwood had just worked together on Heart and Souls (1993).
Released months before the 1994 midterms, it captures a rosier era of political rom-coms before The West Wing made the genre prestige.
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