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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.

Director

Matt Williams

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations.

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Novalee Nation

Natalie Portman

Lexie Coop

Sister Husband

Stockard Channing

Ruth Meyers

Forney Hull

Willy Jack Pickens

Cake Supplier

Moses Whitecotten

Tim

Nicki

Rhonda

Girl in Bathroom

Mary Ashleigh Green

Wal-Mart Clerk

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

Laura Auldridge

Jolene

Sheriff

Mr. Sprock (as Richard Jones)

Richard Andrew Jones

Mrs. Ortiz

Kathryn Esquivel

Reporter

Orderly

Mama Lil

Hospital Receptionist

Cellmate

Religious Man

Religious Woman

Troy

Mary Elizabeth Hull (as Margaret Ann Hoard)

Officer Harry

Policeman #2

Americus Nation

Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Angela Ortiz (as Natalie Pena)

Rosanna Ortiz

Ray

Johnny DeSoto

M.C. of Banquet

Jerry

Kitty

Scarlett McAlister

Praline

Brownie

Ernie

Delphia

Nurse

Angelina Fiordellisi

Co-Ed

Cheyenne Rushing

Bar Girl

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

Wal-Mart Girl

Student on bicycle

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Photo Finalist

Wedding Guest

Reporter

Jeremy Denzlinger

Wedding guest

Gareth B. DePutron

Truck Driver

Young Brownie

Extra

Thalia Harithas

Rosita (voice)

Bar Room Fighter

Lynne

Walmart customer

Customer at Gas Station

Miss Sequoyah

Partygoer

Trevor Doyle Nelson

Wal-Mart Customer

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Cassandra L. Small

Bass Player

Wal-Mart Employee

Hospital Visitor

Bar goer

Professor

Americus Nation (voice)

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Novalee Nation Forney Hull Lexie Coop Thelma 'sister' Husband Sister Husband Orderly Religious Man Religious Woman Rhonda Nicki Mama Lil Willy Jack Pickens Ruth Meyers Moses Whitecotten Young Brownie

You know the floor is missing - Where the Heart Is

You know the floor is missing

Oklahoma I do present you with this basket of gifts and merchandise - Where the Heart Is

Oklahoma I do present you with this basket of gifts and...

Oh you remember me - Where the Heart Is

Oh you remember me

I was thinking about Wendi with an i - Where the Heart Is

I was thinking about Wendi with an i

I'm looking for a book - Where the Heart Is

I'm looking for a book

Look up Buckeye in the index - Where the Heart Is

Look up Buckeye in the index

I hope you're not hungry - Where the Heart Is

I hope you're not hungry

I wanted her to have a strong name - Where the Heart Is

I wanted her to have a strong name

One of your kids is on the phone - Where the Heart Is

One of your kids is on the phone

Then where is the prick who put you in this mess - Where the Heart Is

Then where is the prick who put you in this mess

He's not the father of the baby - Where the Heart Is

He's not the father of the baby

I hope we can find a place to live that overlooks the ocean - Where the Heart Is

I hope we can find a place to live that overlooks the ocean

What do you think - Where the Heart Is

What do you think

We've come here today to give the word of God to the Wal Mart baby - Where the Heart Is

We've come here today to give the word of God to the...

And we ask forgiveness - Where the Heart Is

And we ask forgiveness

I think I might be pregnant - Where the Heart Is

I think I might be pregnant

Well this old Gypsy woman once told me that if you jump backwards nine times - Where the Heart Is

Well this old Gypsy woman once told me that if you jump...

I don't know what they're talking about - Where the Heart Is

I don't know what they're talking about

Why would a man on a Harley steal a woman's pillows - Where the Heart Is

Why would a man on a Harley steal a woman's pillows

We're alcoholics - Where the Heart Is

We're alcoholics

Brother Husband - Where the Heart Is

Brother Husband

Another guitar player - Where the Heart Is

Another guitar player

My name is Ruth Meyers - Where the Heart Is

My name is Ruth Meyers

Do I look professional - Where the Heart Is

Do I look professional

What are you doing - Where the Heart Is

What are you doing

I swear I spent more on film than I got paid - Where the Heart Is

I swear I spent more on film than I got paid

I can go to the bathroom - Where the Heart Is

I can go to the bathroom

Forney is in love with you - Where the Heart Is

Forney is in love with you

Do not lasso your sister - Where the Heart Is

Do not lasso your sister

Was it a big inconvenience - Where the Heart Is

Was it a big inconvenience

You tell them that our lives can change with every breath we take - Where the Heart Is

You tell them that our lives can change with every breath we...

I work in the library - Where the Heart Is

I work in the library

He told you he loved you - Where the Heart Is

He told you he loved you

I was startin' to worry a little when you didn't come back I thought - Where the Heart Is

I was startin' to worry a little when you didn't...

You are the best friend I've ever had - Where the Heart Is

You are the best friend I've ever had

My kids could turn this place into a dump before the door closes - Where the Heart Is

My kids could turn this place into a dump before the door...

Please tell your mother I extend my best wishes - Where the Heart Is

Please tell your mother I extend my best wishes

You sound like the damn pig - Where the Heart Is

You sound like the damn pig

That little bom bom bom - Where the Heart Is

That little bom bom bom

I'm not lighting any fires - Where the Heart Is

I'm not lighting any fires

I was coming to see you - Where the Heart Is

I was coming to see you

Why does anyone lie - Where the Heart Is

Why does anyone lie

You didn't go to Tennessee - Where the Heart Is

You didn't go to Tennessee

When you asked me if I loved you - Where the Heart Is

When you asked me if I loved you

Home is where your history begins - Where the Heart Is

Home is where your history begins

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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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Director: Matt Williams

Writer: Lowell Ganz (screenplay), Babaloo Mandel (screenplay), Billie Letts (novel)

Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 2000

MetaScore: 30/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Apr 2000

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.

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