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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 Jamaic... Read allStella 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.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.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations
Sicily Johnson
- Chantel
- (as Sicily)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie/book was based on author, Terry McMillan's true story. The character, Winston Shakespeare was based on Terry's then-husband, Jonathan Plummer, who has a cameo in this movie. After Stella checks in, she and Delilah walk down some steps and Jonathan can be seen saying, "Welcome to Jamaica, ladies."
- GoofsWhen Winston is going to show Stella the room he made her for building furniture it is dark, but when Winston opens the door you can easily see that there is sunlight coming through the doorway.
- Quotes
Stella Payne: This from the guy who makes a midnight run to the video store and comes back with Booty Call and the Lion King!
- SoundtracksFree Again
Performed by Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler & Jazzie B
Written by Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Caron Wheeler and Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo)
Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc.
Caron Wheeler appears courtesy of Airtight Records
Jazzie B. appears courtesy of Funki Dred Records
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Not as good as I hoped, but still worth a look
Angela Bassett delivers another wonderful performance (is she not one of the greatest actors of out time?), but unfortunately, it's not enough to raise this movie to the level of greatness I expected from it.
There's no doubt, the film is beautiful to look at and the performances are good all around. But the script is lacking that certain something that makes you believe the whys and hows. We can certainly understand why Stella fell in love with that 20 year old--he's gorgeous, sincere and very mature for his age. But the crucial information we're missing is why he falls for her.
He approaches her because of her physcial beauty, but stays for an unknown reason. Why WOULD a 20 year old be so willing to pursue a woman twice his age after a casual meeting? Why is he so mature and understanding at such a young age? We'll never know and that's what kept me from believing this film.
Another problem is the seemingly pointless demise of one of the characters (I won't say who). This event didn't carry the story forward and acted more as a detractor from the plot that anything else. It should have been used to help the other characters develop, but it instead that little subplot dissolved into oblivion.
Overall, I would certainly recommend Stella. It was an enjoyable and sincere story. But it could have been so much better.
There's no doubt, the film is beautiful to look at and the performances are good all around. But the script is lacking that certain something that makes you believe the whys and hows. We can certainly understand why Stella fell in love with that 20 year old--he's gorgeous, sincere and very mature for his age. But the crucial information we're missing is why he falls for her.
He approaches her because of her physcial beauty, but stays for an unknown reason. Why WOULD a 20 year old be so willing to pursue a woman twice his age after a casual meeting? Why is he so mature and understanding at such a young age? We'll never know and that's what kept me from believing this film.
Another problem is the seemingly pointless demise of one of the characters (I won't say who). This event didn't carry the story forward and acted more as a detractor from the plot that anything else. It should have been used to help the other characters develop, but it instead that little subplot dissolved into oblivion.
Overall, I would certainly recommend Stella. It was an enjoyable and sincere story. But it could have been so much better.
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- dynagirl
- Feb 3, 1999
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back On
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,672,941
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,318,919
- Aug 16, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $39,278,722
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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