Where the Heart Is (2000)

  • PG-13
  • 04/27/2000 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 2h

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.

Matt Williams

Director

Lowell Ganz

Screenplay

Billie Letts

Novel

Babaloo Mandel

Screenplay

Cast

Natalie Portman's headshot

Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd's headshot

Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing's headshot

Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack's headshot

Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers
Sally Field's headshot

Sally Field

Mama Lil
James Frain's headshot

James Frain

Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno's headshot

Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David's headshot

Keith David

Moses Whitecotten

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