Where was How Stella Got Her Groove Back filmed?

Stella arrives at the resort and inquires at the front desk as to where she can find her best friend Delilah. The two friends are reunited with this exchange.

Stella (to the hotel desk clerk): Can you tell me which room Delilah Abraham is in?

Hotel desk clerk: Sure.

Delilah, sneaking up behind Stella: AAAAAHHHHHHH! The two girls embrace.

Delilah: Girl, I have been waiting for you in the bar for an hour and a half.

Stella: Then where’s my rum punch cause you know I can use it?

Delilah: Well, come on, girl. Ooh, you look so fly.

Stella: Don’t I?

Delilah: I know you think you’re cute with your little braids.

Stella: You like ‘em?

Delilah: I love ‘em! They make you look entirely too young.

To get to this How Stella Got Her Groove Back production location from nearby Union Square, travel west on Geary Street, making a right-hand turn onto Powell Street. Make another right onto Post Street, driving past Capital One Café on the right-hand side. Go right onto Montgomery Street and continue onto New Montgomery Street, bypassing Flatiron Wine and Spirits on the right. A final right-hand turn onto Mission Street will bring you to the hotel’s doors.

Stella, an avid runner, forces Delilah to go with her for a run on the beach. Delilah is uninterested in exercising and keeps up a hilarious running commentary in one of the best action scenes in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The following dialogue takes place.

Delilah (following Stella’s lead with stretches): Oooh. This is my favorite.

Stella: Umm, hmm?

Delilah: Umm, hmm. Just gets the circulation going. Alright, going now. Here we go. I’m running, girl, like the wind, I’m running. Look at me go.

Stella: Come on, D, you can do it.

Delilah (almost at a dead stop): I’m doing it girl, look at me run. I’m fast like a mofo. Running. (Stopping and turning back towards the resort). I’ll see you at breakfast.

Stella: D!!!!

Delilah: That was great for me. I feel warmed up and everything. I feel like I could just have the whole day for myself. I’m bad, I’m so bad. I’m bad, I’m so bad.

Montego Bay Beach is just a five-minute shuttle ride from Round Hill Hotel and Villas, the next filming location on this list of the best scenes from How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Stella is enjoying breakfast on the hotel terrace when the very handsome Winston comes to join her. They share some flirtatious banter in this romantic and funny scene from How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Stella: What’s your name, young man?

Winston: My name’s Winston, Winston Shakespeare (he laughs). And yours, young lady?

Stella: My name is Stella, Winston.

Winston: See, I gave you two names, you only gave me one.

Stella: Well, the one I gave you was real, Mr. Shakespeare.

Winston: You didn’t know Shakespeare was really black? Ya, man. Socrates too. So, ummm, where’s your husband?

Stella: What makes you think I have one?

Winston: Okay, where’s your boyfriend?

Stella (laughing): You know, you ask a lot of questions to be so young. Where are your parents? And how old are you?

Winston: My parents are at home where they belong. And how old do you think I am?

Stella: 25?

Winston: Really?

Stella: Uh-hmmm.

Winston: Well, I’ll be 21 on my next birthday, so that makes me twenty.

Stella (to herself): He’s not even legal!

Winston: And you are?

Stella: 40.

Winston: No, truthfully.

Stella: Ooooh, let’s not go there, okay?

Winston: You look really, really good. I mean I’ve never seen a 40-year-old woman who likes like you.

Stella: Thanks…

You will easily find this How Stella Got Her Groove Back location by traveling 30 minutes by shuttle bus or car from the Montego Bay airport or driving from Montego Bay Beach which is only five minutes away and accessible by several different types of public transit.

Stella and Winston take to the dance floor for Pajama Night at the resort in Montego Bay. Stella has chosen to wear an outfit that is quite sexy, and Winston admires her appearance in the following conversation in one of the best scenes in How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Winston: That’s a very pretty nightgown. Stella: Oh, thanks. I feel a little overdressed. Winston: Don’t. A young man walks by and looks Stella up and down. She turns to look at him with a look of disgust and awe on her face. The dialogue continues. Winston: Why don’t you wrap that thing around your waist? Stella: Thanks. Stella is uncomfortable on the dance floor, but Winston starts to dance, and she soon joins in. Though this former How Stella Got Her Groove Back film set is now officially closed, you can still pop by to visit the spot where this scene was filmed. The property’s grounds are still open for the public to view. The best way to get to the now shuttered Time n Place is by taking a shuttle or taxi directly from the airport.

Stella drives home after her trip to find her very pregnant sister sitting in a lawn chair on her front lawn. As she exits the car, her other sister comes out from the house to greet her. The sisters share the following conversation.

Stella: Ah, Lord! Oooh, finally!

Vanessa: Well, first of all, welcome back, slut!

Angela: I’d say that was a pretty accurate description.

Stella: Can I at least get into the house without coming home to the instant bullsh*t?

Vanessa: Next trip. I’m sorry, but Miss FBI Agent here grilled me so long and hard, I had to tell her.

Stella: Whatever. Can you at least help me with the bag?

Vanessa: No, I have some good news. I have a little bit of bad news.

Stella: What? It’s not Quincy, is it?

Vanessa: No.

Angela: If it was Quincy, you were on the other side of the world partying, so what would you have done if it was?

Stella: Hello, Angela.

Angela: Plus, I hear you’re a cradle robber. So, you probably have a hard time keeping the children straight.

Vanessa: Now you didn’t have to go there, Angela, not at all.

A private residence in Pasadena, you can visit this former film set by traveling north on Garfield Avenue and making a right-hand turn onto E Walnut Street. Make a left onto N Los Robles Avenue then a right onto E Washington Boulevard. Continue on this route, turning left at N Lake Avenue and making a final right onto E Elizabeth Street. You will find this former film set on the right-hand side of the street.

In the final scene of How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Winston is in a taxi en route to the airport. He is planning to return to Jamaica where he will pursue his studies as a doctor. He is uneasy and sad, and rain heavily pelts the taxi as he remains deep in thought. He arrives at the airport and exits the taxi.

The driver asks him for his ticket, and he pays the driver and leaves him with his luggage. He walks into the airport, and at the top of the stairs, he spies Stella looking for him. She runs to him and asks him, “Ever consider Stanford?”

The two walk to each other, and when they meet, Stella says “Yes, yes!” affirming that she will accept Winston’s marriage proposal.

Winston kisses Stella and then holds her in a tight embrace as Stella lets out a deep exhale.

One of the busiest airports in the world, it will be a challenge to find the precise area where this scene was shot, but you can still visit this former film set and put your imagination to the test. There are many public transit options that will take you to LAX including shuttle bus, taxi, and passenger vehicles.