
Feature film — 2000
Where the Heart Is (2000)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 766 votes.
Wind Dancer Films / 20th Century Fox
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Director: Matt Williams
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Cast & crew

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
Laura House
Nicki

Mary Ashleigh Green
Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe
Wal-Mart Clerk
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