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Apr 28, 2000 · The movie is based on a popular novel by Billie Letts, about a 17-year-old unwed mother named Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), who is abandoned by her no-good boyfriend in a Wal-Mart in Sequoia, Okla., and lives secretly in the store until she gives birth to her child, little Americus.
Where the Heart Is examines the relationships that can both link and destroy a life. It reminds us that without friends to see us through the bad times, we can’t find the good times. And with friends like Novalee’s, you can discover what you’ve missed and in return, help them build on their own successes.
The film received mostly negative reviews. Metacritic gives it a score of 30% based on reviews from 28 critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 35% approval rating, based on reviews from 97 critics, with the site's consensus stating that the film's "poor script and messy plot undermines the decent cast." Box office
Feb 10, 2000 · By Glen Oliver. Updated: Oct 5, 2020 6:16 pm. Posted: Feb 10, 2000 12:00 am. WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is young and naive. She is pregnant, and finds herself abandoned...
Apr 24, 2000 · A cloying and skin-deep soap opera, “Where the Heart Is” is an epic of unwed motherhood that is almost stunning in its sustained superficiality. Banal and trite where it could have been ...
Where the Heart Is: Directed by Matt Williams. With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack. A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 4, 2003 Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Fascinating, overlooked reworking of Leo the Last.
