How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

34

Full Review » 14 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

70

Ms. Bassett portrays this high-strung superwoman with such intensity that she makes her almost believable.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

63

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

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 » 12 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

25

All formula gloss, a romance that tackles some difficult issues by missing them altogether.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

The movie meanders on and on, like a bad sexual dream, until you finally wake up mumbling: Stella, please: leave that groove thang alone.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

The issues that arise from such a May/September male/female pairing are sensitively and intelligently explored.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

Delivers guilt-free escapism about pretty people having wicked-hot fun in pretty places.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

70

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 » 11 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

80

Full Review » 4 years ago
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly

60

Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily

20

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

Full Review » 7 years ago
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion

40

Full Review » 8 years ago
Rebecca Murray About.com

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Frank Ochieng TheWorldJournal.com

60

The "Groove" is on the move in Sullivan's ethnically snappy and exotic May-December romancer. Bassett and Diggs make for a sizzling couple
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeanne Aufmuth Palo Alto Weekly

50

Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

There's only one thing missing from this story, and it's the main ingredient: conflict.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Shannon J. Harvey Sunday Times (Australia)

20

Full Review » 9 years ago
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks

42

Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

75

Gives Angela Bassett the full star treatment, and she gives it right back.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Christine James Boxoffice Magazine

50

There is insufficient chemistry, more tension and fighting than romance, and no epiphanal moment to demonstrate that Stella has indeed gotten her groove back.
Full Review » 10 years ago