Do not get me wrong, "How Stella Got her Groove Back" was not a bad movie. In fact, I found it a light and entertaining picture. Some of this pleasure however was derived from the fantasia setting of Jamaica and the marvelous physical appearances of both Stella and Winston.
I would have preferred a greater emphasis on how Stella and Winston overcome their formidable 20 year age gap. The side plot of Whoopi Goldberg succumbing to cancer was an unnecessary detour from Jamaica, and the burgeoning relationship.
While I greatly enjoyed the comic elements of Stella's sisters, I thought that the introduction of the friendly ex-husband at the barbeque was pushing it too far.
What would be interesting although perhaps uneconomic, would be a sequel which explores if Stella and Winston conquer their sizeable personality differences and come to enjoy a rewarding and stable relationship based less upon raw physical attraction.
I would have preferred a greater emphasis on how Stella and Winston overcome their formidable 20 year age gap. The side plot of Whoopi Goldberg succumbing to cancer was an unnecessary detour from Jamaica, and the burgeoning relationship.
While I greatly enjoyed the comic elements of Stella's sisters, I thought that the introduction of the friendly ex-husband at the barbeque was pushing it too far.
What would be interesting although perhaps uneconomic, would be a sequel which explores if Stella and Winston conquer their sizeable personality differences and come to enjoy a rewarding and stable relationship based less upon raw physical attraction.