Where the Heart Is

About 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.

Where the Heart Is (2000) is a comedy romance film directed by Matt Williams. Its themes are photographer, baby, oklahoma, and rags to riches.

Natalie Portman stars as Novalee Nation, Ashley Judd as Lexie Coop, Stockard Channing as Thelma 'Sister' Husband, and Joan Cusack as Ruth Meyers. It runs 120 minutes and was released in April 2000.

The screenplay is by Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz.

Juno, Raising Arizona, and Father of the Bride Part II make useful companions to Where the Heart Is, all filed under pregnancy, pregnant minor, and teenage pregnancy. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 766 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.