How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart.

R 1998 · 124 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.

Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan · Written by Terry McMillan

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Angela Bassett Stella Payne
Taye Diggs Winston Shakespeare
Whoopi Goldberg Delilah Abraham
Regina King Vanessa
Suzzanne Douglas Angela
Michael J. Pagan Quincy Payne
Sicily Johnson Chantel
Richard Lawson Jack
Barry Shabaka Henley Buddy
Lee Weaver Nate
Glynn Turman Dr. Shakespeare
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Mrs. Shakespeare

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