How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 25
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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 6
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Terry McMillan and Ron Bass wrote this screenplay based on McMillan's semi-autobiographical best-selling novel (over 2,000,000 copies in print before the release of this film). San Francisco stockbroker Stella (Angela Bassett), a 40-year-old divorcee, has a nice Marin County home and an 11-year-old son, Quincy (Michael J. Pagan). With Quincy off to see his dad, Stella and her best friend Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) vacation in Jamaica, where she meets sexy, good-looking Winston Shakespeare (Taye
Aug 14, 1998 Wide
Mar 6, 2001
20th Century Fox
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Cast
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Angela Bassett
Stella -
Taye Diggs
Winston Shakespeare -
Regina King
Vanessa -
Whoopi Goldberg
Delilah -
Suzzanne Douglas
Angela -
Michael J. Pagan
Quincy -
Sicily
Chantel -
Richard Lawson
Jack -
Barry Shabaka Henley
Buddy -
Lee Weaver
Nate -
Glynn E. Turman
Dr. Shakespeare -
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Mrs. Shakespeare -
Lou Myers
Uncle Ollie -
James Pickens Jr.
Walter -
Carl Lumbly
Judge Boyle
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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (25) | DVD (2)
The movie meanders on and on, like a bad sexual dream, until you finally wake up mumbling: Stella, please: leave that groove thang alone.
Top CriticDelivers guilt-free escapism about pretty people having wicked-hot fun in pretty places.
Stella may be frothy and paper-thin, but it's also another great success for star Angela Bassett, who transforms the film into an infomercial for her considerable abilities.
I never felt Stella and Winston were on the same wavelength, that they could share their lives, that it would be a good idea for them to try.
It's scrumptious junk food for the brain -- tasty and probably not the least bit good for you.
All formula gloss, a romance that tackles some difficult issues by missing them altogether.
The "Groove" is on the move in Sullivan's ethnically snappy and exotic May-December romancer. Bassett and Diggs make for a sizzling couple
There's only one thing missing from this story, and it's the main ingredient: conflict.
Gives Angela Bassett the full star treatment, and she gives it right back.
There is insufficient chemistry, more tension and fighting than romance, and no epiphanal moment to demonstrate that Stella has indeed gotten her groove back.
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