How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Average rating

(61%)

Starring:	Angela Bassett \| Regina King \| Whoopi Goldberg \| Taye Diggs \| Suzanne Douglas \| Michael Pagan
Director:	Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Studio:	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	119 mins
Genres:	Comedy \| Romance
Languages:	English
Released:	March 01, 2004
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While holidaying in Jamaica, successful San Francisco stock broker Stella (Angela Bassett) meets and falls for a dashing, and much younger, islander, Winston Shakespeare. Their romance forces her to re-evaluate her concepts of love and sex, as well as work and motherhood. Based on the best-selling novel by Terry McMillan.

Rating of 3 stars out of 5

Based on the novel by Terry McMillan, this is a companion piece to the earlier Waiting to Exhale, which also starred Angela Bassett. Here she plays single mother Stella, who is encouraged by her best friend (Whoopi Goldberg) to escape her downbeat existence for a holiday in Jamaica. It's there that she meets half-her-age hunk Taye Diggs (in his feature film debut), and the audience is treated to picture-postcard shots of both their romance and the island itself. You'll want to book a holiday to the Caribbean before the film is over, but you won't be as enchanted with the characters, who are only briefly sketched by writer Ronald Bass and director Kevin Rodney Sullivan.

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Not so groovy

QueenMedusa from Somerset, 6th August, 2004

I'd been looking forward to watching this film for some time but felt sadly let down at the end.

Angela Bassett is fantastic as Stella, a working mother in need of a holiday so she escapes to Jamaica for a short break with her best friend (played by Whoopi Goldberg). Goldberg is great in her role as someone living life to the full. Stella meets a younger guy and the rest of the film is a 'will they won't they' as they come up against people thinking that the age difference is just plain wrong. The cast work well together but the story is a bit basic with few laughs or outstanding parts.

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