Where the Heart Is

Release date: 2000-04-27
Runtime: 120
Country: United States of America
Budget: $15,000,000

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 in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers "adopt" Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Director: Matt Williams

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Ray Prewitt, Laura House