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Where the Heart Is(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-04-27
71%
733 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $15,000,000.00
Revenue: $33,800,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Where the Heart Is
Top 10 Billed Cast
Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
Mama Lil
James Frain
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt
Tim
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