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January 7 - 14, 1999

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2 stars

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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