Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Date of release
2000-04-27
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (766)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Matt Williams

Casting

  • Natalie Portman — Novalee Nation
  • Ashley Judd — Lexie Coop
  • Stockard Channing — Thelma 'Sister' Husband
  • Joan Cusack — Ruth Meyers
  • Sally Field — Mama Lil
  • James Frain — Forney Hull
  • Dylan Bruno — Willy Jack Pickens
  • Keith David — Moses Whitecotten
  • Ray Prewitt — Tim
  • Laura House — Nicki
  • Mary Ashleigh Green — Girl in Bathroom
  • Kinna McInroe — Wal-Mart Clerk

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