Where the Heart Is (2000)

Directed by

Matt Williams

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 753 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pregnant teenager is left by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Oklahoma. She lives secretly in the store and gets help from kind townspeople as she builds a new life.

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What happens

Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams. It stars Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack, with James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field appearing in supporting roles. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the best-selling 1995 novel of the same name by Billie Letts. The film follows five years in the life of Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town. She secretly moves into the store, where she eventually gives birth to her baby, which attracts media attention. With the help of friends, she makes a new life for herself in the town. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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