Where the Heart Is
dir. Matt Williams
57
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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.
Directed byMatt Williams
StarringNatalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, James Frain
Written byLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
MusicMason Daring
Where the Heart Is
2000 · PG-13 · 2h 0m
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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