Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is
Release: 2000-04-27
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.1
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Wind Dancer Films
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Cody Linley
as Brownie
Ashley Judd
as Lexie Coop
Dennis Letts
as Sheriff
Cassandra L. Small
as Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest
Natalie Portman
as Novalee Nation
Stockard Channing
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Sally Field
as Mama Lil
Keith David
as Moses Whitecotten
Joan Cusack
as Ruth Meyers
Rebecca Davis
as Photo Finalist
John Swasey
as Jerry
Chris Warner
as Wal-Mart Employee
Mary Ashleigh Green
as Girl in Bathroom
Jeremy Denzlinger
as Reporter
David Alvarado
as Cellmate
Richard Andrew Jones
as Mr. Sprock
Scarlett McAlister
as Kitty
Jim Henry
as Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Dylan Bruno
as Willy Jack Pickens
Rodger Boyce
as Officer Harry
J.D. Evermore
as Orderly
James Frain
as Forney Hull
Ray Prewitt
as Tim
Todd Lowe
as Troy
Heather Kafka
as Delphia
Gena West
as Hospital Visitor
Cheyenne Rushing
as Co-Ed
Russell Towery
as Bass Player
