Where the Heart Is

April. 27,2000      PG-13
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Mary Ashleigh Green as  Girl in Bathroom

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