Where the Heart Is (2000)
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.
Where the Heart IsComedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Natalie Portman — Novalee Nation
- Ashley Judd — Lexie Coop
- Stockard Channing — Thelma 'Sister' Husband
- Joan Cusack — Ruth Meyers
- Sally Field — Mama Lil
- James Frain — Forney Hull
- Dylan Bruno — Willy Jack Pickens
- Keith David — Moses Whitecotten
- Ray Prewitt — Tim
- Laura House — Nicki
- Mary Ashleigh Green — Girl in Bathroom
- Kinna McInroe — Wal-Mart Clerk
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