Movie
Where the Heart Is
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Where the Heart Is
Cast
Natalie PortmanNovalee Nation
Ashley JuddLexie Coop
Stockard ChanningThelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan CusackRuth Meyers
Sally FieldMama Lil
James FrainForney Hull
Dylan BrunoWilly Jack Pickens
Keith DavidMoses WhitecottenCredits
- Directed by
- Matt Williams
- Written by
- Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Billie Letts
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $33.8M
Production
Wind Dancer Films
20th Century FoxUnited States
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