Where the Heart Is

2000

120 min

7.1

Ends at

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.

Budget

$15,000,000

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Matt Williams

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Natalie Portman

Ashley Judd

Stockard Channing

Joan Cusack

Sally Field

James Frain

Dylan Bruno

Keith David

Ray Prewitt

Laura House

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Where the Heart Is

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.

  • Natalie Portman

  • Ashley Judd

  • Stockard Channing

  • Joan Cusack

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