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A film adaptation of Billie Letts' novel about a pregnant teen who gives birth at a Walmart and stays in a small Oklahoma town. The film stars Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, and Joan Cusack.
Where the Heart Is: Directed by Matt Williams. With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack. A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
- (37K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Matt Williams
- 2000-04-28
After Tennessee teen Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is left literally barefoot and pregnant in a Wal-Mart parking lot by her no-good boyfriend,...
- (98)
- Matt Williams
- PG-13
- Natalie Portman
Check out the official Where the Heart Is (2000) Trailer starring Natalie Portman! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Watch on FandangoNOW: h...
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Apr 28, 2000 · “Where the Heart Is” has a screenplay like that, zigging and zagging and wildly careening from one melodramatic development to the next. What halfway holds it together are the performances, which are convincing and deserve a story with a touch more sanity.
Apr 27, 2000 · 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 ...
A pregnant teen is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Oklahoma and decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life there. She meets various eccentric but kind strangers who help her and become her makeshift family.
