Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 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 new life.

Where the Heart Is

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 27, 2000

Where the Heart Is
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox, Wind Dancer Films
Original title Where the Heart Is
Directors Matt Williams
Writers Billie Letts, Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz

Cast

Natalie Portman

as Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

as Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

as Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

as Mama Lil

James Frain

as Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

as Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

as Moses Whitecotten

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

Todd Lowe

as Troy

Margaret Hoard

as Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce

as Officer Harry

Gabriel Folse

as Policeman #2

Sue McCormick

as Cake Supplier

Karey Green

as Rhonda

Laura Auldridge

as Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

Alicia Godwin

as Jolene

Dennis Letts

as Sheriff

Richard Andrew Jones

as Mr. Sprock

Kathryn Esquivel

as Mrs. Ortiz

Mark Mathis

as Reporter

J.D. Evermore

as Orderly

Angee Hughes

as Religious Woman

Mackenzie Fitzgerald

as Americus Nation

Nataly Peña

as Angela Ortiz

Yvette Diaz

as Rosanna Ortiz

Richard Nance

as Johnny DeSoto

Tony Mann

as M.C. of Banquet

John Swasey

as Jerry

Kylie Harmon

as Praline

Cody Linley

as Brownie

Bob Coonrod

as Ernie

Heather Kafka

as Delphia

Cheyenne Rushing

as Co-Ed

Deborah Abbott

as Bar Girl

Alecia Batson

as Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

Stacy Bellew

as Wal-Mart Girl

Jeff Cooper

as Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Rebecca Davis

as Photo Finalist

Lisa Del Dotto

as Wedding Guest

Jeremy Denzlinger

as Reporter

Dan Eggleston

as Truck Driver

Adrian Garza

as Young Brownie

Jim Henry

as Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)

Molly Howe

as Lynne (uncredited)

K. Todd Lytle

as Customer at Gas Station

Erica Mincks

as Miss Sequoyah

Trevor Doyle Nelson

as Partygoer

Bobby Shue

as Wal-Mart Customer

Cassandra L. Small

as Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Russell Towery

as Bass Player

Chris Warner

as Wal-Mart Employee

Gena West

as Hospital Visitor

Jerry Wu

as Bar Patron

Jason C. Young

as Professor