Where the Heart Is
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2hrs
Directed by
Matt Williams,
Carmen Finestra,
Rick Leed,
Starring
Natalie Portman,
Ashley Judd,
Stockard Channing,
Joan Cusack
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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.