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How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Name: How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Released: 1998
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 56

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56 Metascore
1998
2 hr 4 mins
Comedy, Drama
R

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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.

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Angela Bassett

Stella Payne

Taye Diggs

Winston Shakespeare

Whoopi Goldberg

Delilah Abraham

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Awards

1999 - Black Film Award - Best Film - nominated
1999 - Black Film Award - Best Director - nominated
1999 - Black Film Award - Best Screenplay - nominated
1999 - Black Film Award - Best Actor - nominated

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