

Where the Heart Is
Visit website7.1/10 • 706
2000-04-27 • 2h 0m
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
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.
- Directors
- Matt Williams
- Editors
- Ian Crafford

Where the Heart Is
Visit website2000-04-27 • 2h 0m
7.1/10 • 706
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
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.
- Directors
- Matt Williams
- Editors
- Ian Crafford
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsNatalie 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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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $15,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $33,800,000.00
- Keywords
- californiababysupermarketchangepregnancyoklahomapregnant minorunwillingly pregnanttennesseeteenage pregnancystarting overpregnant