mswatsoninc Picture if you will, Stella (Angela Bassett). She's single...she's rich...she's got a great job--but, alas, no "on paper" man in her life that will make her feel complete. So, she goes off to Jamaica with her oldest and dearest friend (Whoopi Goldberg) in desperate search of her "groove." In the land of sand and sunlight, she happens upon Winston Shakespeare (Taye Diggs), who is half her age and finer than frog hair, and she is in a dilemma about exactly how she should handle the situation. I wish I had her problems, trust me.If I were Stella and had someone like Winston chasing after me, I'd be on him faster than a duck on a june bug...however, practical Stella is all caught up on the age thing...is anyone still with me? He's hot, he's young, and he's after me, and I'm going to QUESTION that? My first question would be where do we put the furniture, but, no--it takes the death of a good friend to make her embrace the fact that she should give into something as, uh-hem, debatable as Taye Diggs...OK, ladies, are you with me? In unison--"GIVE ME A BREAK!" If you're still on the fence, rewind and watch that pool scene again. I'm waiting. OK--now, we're all on the same page.This premise is flawed as flawed can be. I don't care if she has a child--any woman with a child should have her thinking cap firmly in place atop her head to know if he was a true, purebred dog, you'd have known it by the next morning, and still wow your girlfriends with the tale. He has been nothing but gallant, and yet we're supposed to sympathize with her...I don't think so.Stella creates her own drama while most of us would have been riding off into the sunset. In the end, the Terry McMillan autobiographical version didn't go EXACTLY as planned, but, hey, in a perfect world Stella had it going on from the get go. The "groove" could be, and in the movie was, reaffirmed in the shower. If my only problem is we don't like the same movies, I can assure you I would have forgotten about it by the first shower scene. But, if having to see Regina King made it all work out, I'm all for it. She's great as always.

happipuppi13 I liked the look of this movie and it's plot line from the get-go. Stella may be rich,successful,attractive and "all that" but she's burned out on her job and really has no social life to speak of. She's always either at work or at home. You'd lose the "groove" of your life (not to mention your mind) if you had to keep that up for a long time! Thankfully,in steps her good friend (played by Whoopi Goldberg) who takes her on a long overdue vacation and gets her to unwind and relax and stop thinking about back home and the problems that go with it. The scenes between Goldberg and Bassett are fuuu-nny! Especially the guy who's trying to pick up on Goldberg. Stella then meets a young man nearly 20 years her junior and Whoopi encourages her to go for it (to put it in G-Rated form). SHe's reluctant but she goes for him and he goes for her and he ends up living with her. naturally,being just about out of his late teens,he still has very immature ways about him (like enjoying the movie "Booty Call").If you need to know the rest about their relationship,I highly suggest renting or even buying the movie. Now so far it sounds like I'm doing a "10 star" review,well,I'm not. I've deducted 2 stars for the "terminal illness" of Goldberg's character,who then passes away. Up until then,I was really enjoying this movie,writing that kind of story and scene in was truly unnecessary.The main point to me about this film is,you can have it all and have worked hard for it but if it consumes all your energies,you truly will have no life or groove left. Let loose once in awhile and do what makes you happy. (END)

Traced66 Way to go Stella! This movie is awesome. I really enjoyed watching the part at the pajama party, when Stella was nervous about going. She felt a little old, perhaps out of place, just right out weird about meeting the young Winston. When she arrives Winston begins to dance (kind of by himself on the dance floor) eyeing her and giving her but little choice but to dance with him. (After all, who could resist such a young hottie?) This movie is also special in that it confirms that women can pick up a younger guy, and get away with it, after all men do it all the time. Well, that's enough, just watch the movie and you will see what I mean. Tay Diggs is muy caliente!!!

Spuzzlightyear On the most part, I liked How Stella Got her Groove Back. It's got all the ingredients: Angela Bassett, another story by the author of 'Waiting To Exhale', Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg to add some humor to the mix. So what was it that made this movie less than perfect? The simple reason is, the movie runs far far too long. Ending after ending after ending is rolled out, and then when the final ending DOES come along, you're like waiting for the movie to continue, because the way the filmmakers chose to end this, IS somewhat lame and predictable. Irregardless of that, I'll see anything with Angela Bassett in it, and she does just fine in the title role. She plays the part almost as if it was a continuation of her role in 'Waiting To Exhale' (You're expecting Whitney Houston and Lela Rachon to pop out any moment.) And oh my god, where did they find Taye Diggs? He's yummy to look at, and his acting is pretty good too! All in all, very good, except for the length.