Where the Heart Is

Apr 27, 2000

2h 0m

★ 7.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Wind Dancer Films

20th Century Fox

Where the Heart Is Trailers

Cast

Novalee Nation

Natalie Portman

Lexie Coop

Ashley Judd

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Stockard Channing

Ruth Meyers

Joan Cusack

Mama Lil

Sally Field

Forney Hull

James Frain

Willy Jack Pickens

Dylan Bruno

Moses Whitecotten

Keith David

Tim

Ray Prewitt

Nicki

Laura House

Girl in Bathroom

Mary Ashleigh Green

Wal-Mart Clerk

Kinna McInroe

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