Usually in a typical slumps, being forced into captivity by extreme cold weather, for which really don't get me wrong I love a good walking around in the coldness but when it gets to ridicules negativity that's just insane especially three days tops. Anyway, I tried to pick one movie to prep my February themed movie about love and I stumbled onto a movie that I surprisingly remembered a long time ago back when Dish Network was always releasing previews, and I wasn't old enough to watch the movies. How Stella Got Her Groove Back, stars Angela Bassett, who I can't stop thinking about how gorgeous she was in the movie, especially forty years of age along with Whoopi Goldberg back when she was still funny and didn't lose all her brain cells admits being on the View.
Unluckily-in-love stockbroker Stella (Angela Bassett) jets to Jamacia with her gal pal Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) for some fun in the sun. There the 40-year-old working woman has in island fling with Winston (Taye Diggs) -- a handsome 20-something. When it's time to return to California, Stella realizes that she's developed real feelings for her new man. But, with their distance from each other, not to mention their disparity of age, does a real relationship stand a chance.
No question this was one of the many movies that I remember seeing in terms of watching dish on demand previews at a young age and this movie would always come up constantly and all I remember was Whoopi Goldberg being in the movie moreover I remembered watching parts of Sister Act. And of course, this movie was of many films that I remembered watching because when you’re a kid you usually either watch Disney or anything that your sister watches or your dad, moreover I never had any intention watching the movie for many reasons I was a kid and had no intention of wanting to watch romantic films. So, finding this movie available on Hulu I figured what the hell, I mean it's one of those things where you just must pick the random movie to watch and have the hopes of it being good or turning it off and this was the same technique, when it comes to finding some good hidden gems. Furthermore this turns out to be one of those great and entertaining romantic comedies I've ever seen, and a lot of that goes to Angela Bassett who I only watched her in Black Panther and didn't realize how drop dead gorgeous she was in this movie, as well as realizing why Taye Diggs was falling for this woman I mean no question Bassett was and still is a great actress but her presence on screen as well as her beauty was a big factor of me being convinced of this movies potential. In fact I felt bad for the son in the movie because if I was his best friend I would constantly tell him that his mom is smoking hot, constantly and even in scenes where all of the ladies have moments of looking at Taye Diggs and realizing that he's with Bassett's character is no question at times cringe but then becomes funny because as a guy I would be understandable and say I would hit that, in fact if I was Taye Diggs I would most certainly go after Angela Bassett even if it means bringing out the lame catch phrases ever, and that's what makes this movie great is that yes this movie does have that chick flick feel but also has a convincing feeling that all the ladies and all of the men would most certainly go after this couple. Taye Diggs whose infamous for his Broadway roles in hits like Rent and Wicked, I got to say how crazy it is that this was his first breakout role in film, and even if it means being romantically involved with a gorgeous woman like Bassett which I'll say a million times if I was in his shoes I would most certainly go after her. Though it isn't just these two that makes the film great it’s also actresses like Whoopi Goldberg and Regina King that makes the film great I mean Regina King does a great job playing the sister whose delivers on the comic relief, just Regina King doing what Regina King does best and granted this was long before she won an Oscar so talk about paying your do's when it comes to being an actor or actress. Even watching Whoopi Goldberg in the movie I look back on her life and think wow this woman was a great comedic actress and then she loses her marbles with being on the View and you know, it's a good life lesson for everyone no matter what you do in your career as an actor or actress don't let society change you nor let any big time city like LA or New York change you, for many reason situations like that are the reasons why even if you live in those big cities, they slowly change your views and I don't know what Goldberg's were at the beginning of her career, but I most certainly know she lost her marbles when she became a View regular and it's sad to notice a woman with great comedic potential slowly begins to lose her ways. The movie is based on the book by Terry McMillan, for which really I begin to realize wow, a lot of the romantic comedies that I love are based on best sellers like High Fidelity, to Crazy Rich Asian's and let's not forget The Princess Bride, for which really there must be a pattern for some of these romantic comedy/drama's that I begin to like are based on books and yet there not based on books by Nicholas Sparks. For a first time watching, I got to admit that this is another one of those films I would most certainly recommend watching as well as putting this film in my list of top ten best rom-coms, for reasons it has all the elements trying to find you passion as well as dealing with age gaps, but most importantly just following your heart no matter what people tell you. More importantly this film has all the elements you need in a rom/com/drama from its perfect couple to great comedic talent as well as great pacing of whether or not this couple would be together till the very end and really this film without a doubt impressed me in a lot of ways as well as noticing Bassett's character is the most realistic Stockbroker I've ever seen on film. In closing, this is on Hulu and for certain I would highly recommend watching this great film from start to finish.
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