Where the Heart Is (2000)

04/27/2000 (US) • 2h

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$33,800,000.00

Keywords

california

baby

supermarket

change

pregnancy

oklahoma

pregnant minor

unwillingly pregnant

tennessee

teenage pregnancy

starting over

pregnant

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