Poster of Where the Heart Is

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.

Release Date: 2000-04-27

Original Language: en

Genres: Comedy Drama Romance

Rating:

Popularity:

11.777

Cast Members

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

Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom

Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk

Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist

Mark Voges

Religious Man

Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry

Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2

Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier

Laura Auldridge

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

Mark Mathis

Reporter

Angee Hughes

Religious Woman

Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Americus Nation

Nataly Peña

Angela Ortiz

Yvette Diaz

Rosanna Ortiz

Richard Nance

Johnny DeSoto

Tony Mann

M.C. of Banquet

Alecia Batson

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

Stacy Bellew

Wal-Mart Girl

Jeff Cooper

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Rebecca Davis

Photo Finalist

Lisa Del Dotto

Wedding Guest

Dan Eggleston

Truck Driver

Adrian Garza

Young Brownie

Jim Henry

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)

Molly Howe

Lynne (uncredited)

K. Todd Lytle

Customer at Gas Station

Erica Mincks

Miss Sequoyah

Bobby Shue

Wal-Mart Customer

Cassandra L. Small

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Russell Towery

Bass Player

Chris Warner

Wal-Mart Employee

Gena West

Hospital Visitor

Jerry Wu

Bar Patron