How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Genre: Romance

Worldwide gross$37.7M

Stella Payne (Angela Bassett) is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco, California stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York City girlfriend Delilah Abraham (Whoopi Goldberg) to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica. As she soaks in the beauty of the island, she encounters a strapping, young islander, Winston Shakespeare (Taye Diggs). His pursuits for her turn into a hot and steamy romance that forces Stella to take personal inventory of her life and try to find a balance between her desire for love and companionship, and the responsibilities of mother and corporate executive.

🏆 4 wins & 8 nominations

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Cast

Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg

Released

14 August 1998

Runtime

2h 4m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

5.7 / 10

Votes

8,508

Metascore

56

Rotten Tomatoes

51%

Box office

$37,672,941

Budget

$20,000,000

Edition

Base