How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Comedy, Drama, General Film, Romance

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writer(s): Terry McMillan (novel), Ronald Bass

Starring: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King, Suzzanne Douglas, Michael J. Pagan, Sicily Johnson, Richard Lawson, Barry Shabaka Henley, Lee Weaver, Glynn Turman, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Denise Hunt, Lisa Hanna, James Pickens Jr., Philip Casnoff, Lou Myers, D’Army Bailey, Art Metrano, Carl Lumbly, Phina Oruche, Tenny Miller, Andrew Palmer, Harold Dawkins, Kenneth Buckford, Simon Street, Craig Blake, Elisabeth Granli, Steve Danton, Elly McGuire, Selma McPherson, Fern Ward, Greg Bronson, Lucinda Chrisman, Jan Citron, Leroy Edwards III, Victor Garber, David C. Waite

Synopsis: Stella is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah 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. 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.

Release Date: August 14, 1998 (USA) | Length:124 min | Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance | MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and some sexuality.