Where the Heart Is
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Where the Heart Is

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

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.

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Why watch this

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.

Released April 27, 2000

Quick facts

Language
en
Status
Released
Votes
743
Seasons
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Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

Sally Field

Mama Lil

James Frain

James Frain

Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

Keith David

Moses Whitecotten

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