Angela Bassett,
Taye Diggs,
Regina King,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Suzzanne Douglas
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Terry McMillan and Ron Bass wrote this screenplay based on McMillan's semi-autobiographical best-selling novel (over 2,000,000 copies in print before the release of this film). San Francisco stockbrok... read more
Directed by: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Release Date: August 14, 1998
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
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October 18, 2011This film is so fake. A shame because actresses like Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg is one of my fav's but too bad they were in this. Such a waste.
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May 3, 2009Likeable chick-flick that mainly deals with whether a relationship can work around a 20 year age difference. It even chucks in "best friend dying of cancer" half way through but still manages to stay upbeat about it. And it's surprisingly well shot. But I had to remove half a sta... read more
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September 15, 2009hm? just now watching it. will be back, yeah when we get older we find love again. but i did like it...
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August 15, 2009It'z bout a lady who goes on a trip & finds a man 2 as young as her ( she is 40) She dosn't want him 2 love her because she is old enough 2 be his mother but they finely get marrid but she alrady has kids but has one more
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June 5, 2009Too bad real life didn't have a happy ending and Terry got soaked! Angela and Taye did their thing....
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January 15, 2009great movie and it actually followed the book only drawback was that fugly taye Diggs was cast as Winston
Critic Reviews
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Delivers guilt-free escapism about pretty people having wicked-hot fun in pretty places.
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Stella may be frothy and paper-thin, but it's also another great success for star Angela Bassett, who transforms the film into an infomercial for her considerable abilities. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I never felt Stella and Winston were on the same wavelength, that they could share their lives, that it would be a good idea for them to try. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
It's scrumptious junk food for the brain -- tasty and probably not the least bit good for you. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Tom Long, Detroit News
All formula gloss, a romance that tackles some difficult issues by missing them altogether. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Consider this the big-screen equivalent of a beach read: Just turn off your brain and wallow in whatever turn-ons -- Whoopi and whoopee -- Stella offers.
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Ms. Bassett portrays this high-strung superwoman with such intensity that she makes her almost believable. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
Women of all ages and races will undoubtedly cheer Stella on as she wrestles with the dilemma of falling in love with a younger man, and by doing so, gets her groove back ... baby. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The issues that arise from such a May/September male/female pairing are sensitively and intelligently explored. Full Review
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