
Where the Heart Is
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.
Release Date: 2000-04-27
Comedy
Drama
Romance
★★★★★★★★★★ (695 votes)
Casts

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