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Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

2000 120 min ★ 7.1 Comedy, Drama, Romance

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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Cast

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

Sally Field

Mama Lil

James Frain

James Frain

Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

Keith David

Moses Whitecotten

Ray Prewitt

Ray Prewitt

Tim

Laura House

Nicki

Details

Director

Matt Williams

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz

Tagline

"Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$33,800,000

Production

Wind Dancer Films, 20th Century Fox

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