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Where the Heart Is (2000)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Matt Williams
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    Novalee Nation Natalie Portman
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    Lexie Coop Ashley Judd
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    Thelma 'Sister' Husband Stockard Channing
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    Ruth Meyers Joan Cusack
  • Profile picture of Sally Field
    Mama Lil Sally Field
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    Forney Hull James Frain
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    Willy Jack Pickens Dylan Bruno
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    Moses Whitecotten Keith David

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  • unwillingly pregnant
  • tennessee
  • teenage pregnancy
  • starting over