Where the Heart Is (2000)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 120 min
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance,
Director(s): Matt Williams,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Dylan Bruno as Willy Jack Pickens
- Keith David as Moses Whitecotten
- Natalie Portman as Novalee Nation
- Joan Cusack as Ruth Meyers
- James Frain as Forney Hull
- Ashley Judd as Lexie Coop
- Stockard Channing as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
- Sally Field as Mama Lil
- Ray Prewitt as Tim
- Laura House as Nicki
- Mary Ashleigh Green as Girl in Bathroom
- Kinna McInroe as Wal-Mart Clerk
- Linda Wakeman as Hospital Receptionist
- David Alvarado as Cellmate
- Mark Voges as Religious Man