How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Director:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writers (WGA):

Terry McMillan (novel)
Terry McMillan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart.

Plot:

Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful...

Plot Keywords:

African American | Corporate Ladder | Friend | Jamaica | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Angela Bassett	...	Stella Payne
Taye Diggs	...	Winston Shakespeare
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Delilah Abraham
Regina King	...	Vanessa
Suzzanne Douglas	...	Angela
Michael J. Pagan	...	Quincy Payne
Sicily	...	Chantel
Richard Lawson	...	Jack
Barry Shabaka Henley	...	Buddy
Lee Weaver	...	Nate
Glynn Turman	...	Dr. Shakespeare
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney	...	Mrs. Shakespeare
Denise Hunt	...	Ms. Thang
Lisa Hanna	...	Abby
James Pickens Jr.	...	Walter Payne

Also Known As:

How Stella Got Her Groove Back On (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #36023) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14

Filming Locations:

Glendale Exchange, Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Bassett's Stella and Diggs' Winston ranked #10 on Moviefone's 'The Top 25 Sexiest Movie Couples'. [May 2008]

Goofs:

Continuity: While Stella and Winston argue in the restaurant, the level of wine in her glass keeps changing.

Quotes:

Stella: So how old are you anyway young man?
Winston Shakespeare: Well, I'll be 21 on my next birthday so I guess that makes me 20. And how old are you young lady?
Stella: 40
Winston Shakespeare: No truthfully.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Your Home Is In My Heart

Great Movie

Angela Bassett does an outstanding job. To those of you who can't understand why Stella needs her groove back, you have only to look up the word mundane. No matter how much money you have or Chanel suits you own that doesn't mean you have true companionship. We all want a real connection someone to hold us, love us and tell us it will get better. And that transcends age and socio economics. Sometimes people are right on time. No one can go through the world completely alone. We never know what or how long any relationship will last so I suppose the most important thing is to seize the day. Make your own reality and Stella does that with dignity and with pride and admittedly with hesitation and fear. That's the sign of a very real character! Someone who is vulnerable. Someone you can understand even if you're not in the same situation.