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
Cast
Natalie Portman
as Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
as Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
as Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
as Mama Lil
James Frain
as Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
as Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
as Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt
as Tim
Mary Ashleigh Green
as Girl in Bathroom
David Alvarado
as Cellmate
Todd Lowe
as Troy
Rodger Boyce
as Officer Harry
Dennis Letts
as Sheriff
Richard Andrew Jones
as Mr. Sprock
J.D. Evermore
as Orderly
John Swasey
as Jerry
Scarlett McAlister
as Kitty
Cody Linley
as Brownie
Heather Kafka
as Delphia
Cheyenne Rushing
as Co-Ed
Rebecca Davis
as Photo Finalist
Jeremy Denzlinger
as Reporter
Jim Henry
as Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Cassandra L. Small
as Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest
Russell Towery
as Bass Player
Chris Warner
as Wal-Mart Employee
Gena West
as Hospital Visitor
