How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
- Starring:
- Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, (more)
- Director(s):
- Kevin Rodney Sullivan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Romance
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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 Diggs). He's the man of her dreams in every way except one -- he's half her age. Even so, a romance develops. Grammy Award-winning songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis supervised the film's music and produced the R&B-slanted soundtrack album. Shown at the 1998 Urbanworld Film Festival (NY). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 124 mins
Complete Cast:
- Angela Bassett - Stella
- Regina King - Vanessa
- Suzzanne Douglas - Angela
- Sicily - Chantel
- Barry "Shabaka" Henley - Buddy
- Glynn E. Turman - Dr. Shakespeare
- Lou Myers - Uncle Ollie
- Carl Lumbly - Judge Boyle
- Taye Diggs - Winston Shakespeare
- Whoopi Goldberg - Delilah
- Michael J. Pagan - Quincy
- Richard Lawson - Jack
- Lee Weaver - Nate
- Phyllis Stickney - Mrs. Shakespeare
- James Pickens, Jr. - Walter
- Director(s):
- Kevin Rodney Sullivan
- Writer(s):
- Ronald Bass, Terry McMillan
- Producer(s):
- Deborah Schindler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Sexual Situations, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Romance
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