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Where the Heart Is
"Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart."
7.1(705 votes)
2000
2h 0m
ComedyDramaRomance
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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Production
Budget:$15,000,000
Revenue:$33,800,000
Companies:
Wind Dancer Films
20th Century Fox
Languages
Original:en
Spoken:
English
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
Laura House
Nicki

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