Where the Heart Is

2000 · Directed by Matt Williams

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.

comedy drama

Cast: Natalie Portman, Keith David, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, J.D. Evermore, Cody Linley

Rating: 7.1/10 from 589 votes