Where the Heart Is  

Thu Apr 27 2000

Overview,

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.

The Movie Database: 7.1/10

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 34%

Metacritic: 30/100

Cast and Crew

Directed By, Matt Williams |

Screenplay By, Lowell Ganz | Babaloo Mandel |

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Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation
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Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop
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Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband
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Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers
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Sally Field

Mama Lil
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James Frain

Forney Hull
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Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens
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Keith David

Moses Whitecotten
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Ray Prewitt

Tim
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Laura House

Nicki
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Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom
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Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk
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Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist
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David Alvarado

Cellmate
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Mark Voges

Religious Man
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Todd Lowe

Troy
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Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull
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Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry
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Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2
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Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier
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Karey Green

Rhonda
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Laura Auldridge

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
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Alicia Godwin

Jolene
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Dennis Letts

Sheriff
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Richard Andrew Jones

Mr. Sprock
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Kathryn Esquivel

Mrs. Ortiz
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Mark Mathis

Reporter
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J.D. Evermore

Orderly
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Angee Hughes

Religious Woman
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Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Americus Nation
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Nataly Peña

Angela Ortiz
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Yvette Diaz

Rosanna Ortiz
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T.J. McFarland

Ray
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Richard Nance

Johnny DeSoto
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Tony Mann

M.C. of Banquet
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John Swasey

Jerry
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Scarlett McAlister

Kitty
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Kylie Harmon

Praline
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Cody Linley

Brownie
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Bob Coonrod

Ernie
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Heather Kafka

Delphia
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Angelina Fiordellisi

Nurse
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Cheyenne Rushing

Co-Ed
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Deborah Abbott

Bar Girl
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Alecia Batson

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
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Stacy Bellew

Wal-Mart Girl
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Jeff Cooper

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
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Rebecca Davis

Photo Finalist
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Lisa Del Dotto

Wedding Guest
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Jeremy Denzlinger

Reporter
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Dan Eggleston

Truck Driver
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Adrian Garza

Young Brownie
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Jim Henry

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
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Molly Howe

Lynne (uncredited)
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K. Todd Lytle

Customer at Gas Station
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Erica Mincks

Miss Sequoyah
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Trevor Doyle Nelson

Partygoer
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Bobby Shue

Wal-Mart Customer
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Cassandra L. Small

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest
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Russell Towery

Bass Player
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Chris Warner

Wal-Mart Employee
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Gena West

Hospital Visitor
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Jerry Wu

Bar Patron
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Jason C. Young

Professor
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Details

Rating

Not Adult

Genres

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Tagline

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

Langauge

en

Production Companies

Wind Dancer Films
20th Century Fox

Runtime

120 minutes

Budget

15.000 Million $

Box-Office

33.800 Million $

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