“Speechless” — Naomi Scott

The expression “they don’t write ’em like that any more…” is, if anything, an understatement when it comes to describing “Speechless”, from Disney’s new live-action “Aladdin”.

Naomi Scott’s performance is just breathtaking, but we’ll get back to that in just a moment.

First of all, we’ve got to acknowledge the role of Hollywood songwriting royalty in creating a song as brilliant as “Speechless” for her to sing in the first place.

The music comes from the peerless Alan Menken. He’s clocked up eight Oscars over the years for either…