Where the Heart Is
2000 · 120 min
Comedy · Drama · Romance
★ 7.1Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director Matt Williams
- Screenplay Lowell Ganz
- Screenplay Babaloo Mandel
- Director of Photography Richard Greatrex
Cast
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
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Laura House
Nicki
Mary Ashleigh Green
Girl in Bathroom
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Kinna McInroe
Wal-Mart Clerk
Crew
- Director — Matt Williams
- Screenplay — Lowell Ganz
- Screenplay — Babaloo Mandel
- Director of Photography — Richard Greatrex
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