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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
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Ratings: 5.1/10 from 3,483 users
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Reviews: 49 user | 55 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com 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... See full summary » Director:Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
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Angela
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Quincy Payne
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Chantel
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Jack
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Buddy
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Nate
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Dr. Shakespeare
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Mrs. Shakespeare
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Denise Hunt | ... |
Ms. Thang
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Lisa Hanna | ... |
Abby
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Walter Payne
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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 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. Written by John Deming <jfdeming@sprynet.com>
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Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart.Parents Guide:
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A Nova Paixão de Stella See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$11,318,919 (USA) (16 August 1998) (1395 Screens)Gross:
$37,672,350 (USA) (10 January 1999)Company Credits
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Winston Shakespeare: Well, I'll be 21 on my next birthday so I guess that makes me 20. And how old are you young lady?
Stella: 40
Winston Shakespeare: No truthfully.
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Performed by Lady Saw featuring Nadine Sutherland
Written by Rupert Holmes and Marion Hall
Co-Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions,
Inc. and Salaam Remi & Eddison Electrik for Dashiki Productions/Spanky Love Music
Lady Saw appears courtesy of VP Music Group, Inc. See more »
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Angela Bassett was planning her nuptials with then-fiancé Courtney B. Vance when cast in the lead role. The start of production kept being pushed back by producer Deborah Schindler which was a blessing and a curse for Bassett. The continued delay of production gave her ample time to get her body in perfect shape for the film but it also prevented her from being able to set a definite date for her wedding. Determined to get married in the fall of 1997, Bassett and Vance stood their ground and set a firm date for the ceremony, October 17, 1997, by that point Bassett had been filming for about a month on "Stella." See more »Goofs
Continuity: While Stella and Winston argue in the restaurant, the level of wine in her glass keeps changing. See more »Quotes
Stella: So how old are you anyway young man?Winston Shakespeare: Well, I'll be 21 on my next birthday so I guess that makes me 20. And how old are you young lady?
Stella: 40
Winston Shakespeare: No truthfully.
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Soundtracks
"Escape To Jamaica"Performed by Lady Saw featuring Nadine Sutherland
Written by Rupert Holmes and Marion Hall
Co-Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions,
Inc. and Salaam Remi & Eddison Electrik for Dashiki Productions/Spanky Love Music
Lady Saw appears courtesy of VP Music Group, Inc. See more »
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