Where the Heart Is 2000

Name: Where the Heart Is
Released: 2000-04-27
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Matt Williams
Written by:	Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
Release date:	2000-04-27
Runtime:	120 minutes
Critics score:	35 / 100
Tagline:	Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.