How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Movie · R · 124 min · ★ 5.8 · 53% critics
A successful single mother and work-driven professional takes a much-needed trip to Jamaica with a close friend and unexpectedly finds romance with a much younger man. Back home, she has to decide whether this refreshing connection can fit into the life and responsibilities she has carefully built.
Based on How Stella Got Her Groove Back
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-08-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (130 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy glossy, easygoing romances about self-discovery, second chances, and age-gap relationships, especially if Waiting to Exhale sounds like your kind of night; Not for you if you want a sharper, less predictable love story.
Pros: beautiful island setting; sweet romantic moments; appealing leads | Cons: predictable story; uneven chemistry; too long
Themes
- jamaica
- female friendship
- vacation
- female protagonist
- single mother
- older woman younger man relationship
- black love
- celebratory
- cheerful
- african american romance
- longtime friends
Cast & crew
Angela Bassett
as Stella Payne
Taye Diggs
as Winston Shakespeare
Whoopi Goldberg
as Delilah Abraham
Regina King
as Vanessa
Suzzanne Douglas
as Angela
Michael J. Pagan
as Quincy Payne
Sicily Johnson
as Chantel
Richard Lawson
as Jack
Barry Shabaka Henley
as Buddy
Lee Weaver
as Nate
Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan