Where the Heart Is (2000)

04/27/2000 2h

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Natalie Portman

as Novalee Nation

Born 06/09/1981, age

Ashley Judd

as Lexie Coop

Born 04/19/1968, age

Stockard Channing

as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Born 02/13/1944, age

Joan Cusack

as Ruth Meyers

Born 10/11/1962, age

Sally Field

as Mama Lil

Born 11/06/1946, age

James Frain

as Forney Hull

Born 03/14/1968, age

Dylan Bruno

as Willy Jack Pickens

Born 09/06/1972, age

Keith David

as Moses Whitecotten

Born 06/04/1956, age

Todd Lowe

as Troy

Born 05/10/1977, age

J.D. Evermore

as Orderly

Born 11/05/1968, age

Cody Linley

as Brownie

Born 11/20/1989, age

Heather Kafka

as Delphia

Born 07/07/1972, age