How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Aug 14, 1998

2h 4m

★ 5.8

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

How Stella Got Her Groove Back Trailers

Cast

Stella Payne

Angela Bassett

Winston Shakespeare

Taye Diggs

Delilah Abraham

Whoopi Goldberg

Vanessa

Regina King

Angela

Suzzanne Douglas

Quincy Payne

Michael J. Pagan

Chantel

Sicily Johnson

Jack

Richard Lawson

Buddy

Barry Shabaka Henley

Nate

Lee Weaver

Dr. Shakespeare

Glynn Turman

Mrs. Shakespeare

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

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