How Stella Got Her Groove Back
(Twentieth Century Fox)
Burnt out from her high-finance job, and in need of fun (and groove), Stella (Angela
Bassett) and best friend Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) head to Jamaica on a whim
vacation. There Stella's fling with a sexy Jamaican named Winston turns into
something more serious. Unfortunately, Stella's 40 years old, Winston's 20, and
everyone around them is raising an eyebrow. Terry McMillan's bestseller was
neither insightful nor intense; director Kevin Rodney Sullivan remains all too
faithful to the original. Bassett is stunning, but though the age
difference between Stella and Winston creates a plausible tension, the soft
plot drags.
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