How Stella Got Her Groove Back
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  • Starring: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs
  • Summary: The story of a woman who must break the rules of love and her own way of thinking to find her heart.  (Fox)

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 23
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  1. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    80
    This is escapism, pure and simple. And few know the power of such purity better than Terry McMillan.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    60
    Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan, a television veteran making his feature film debut, has fluffed up this undemanding material much as one would a pillow. But pillows have their place and so do girlfriend movies.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    This lushly produced, lightweight romance embraces every cliche of the genre without so much as an ironic shrug.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    60
    A glossy, attractive, ultimately empty soap opera that -- despite being based on a true story -- never seems remotely plausible.

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