Where the Heart Is (2000)

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart. 2000-04-27 United States of America 120 Min. PG-13
7.1 683 votes

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.

Cast

Natalie Portman is Novalee Nation
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd is Lexie Coop
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing is Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack is Ruth Meyers
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field is Mama Lil
Mama Lil
James Frain is Forney Hull
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno is Willy Jack Pickens
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David is Moses Whitecotten
Moses Whitecotten
Mary Ashleigh Green is Girl in Bathroom
Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe is Wal-Mart Clerk
Wal-Mart Clerk