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Apr 28, 2000 · 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.
- (36K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Matt Williams
- 2000-04-28
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.
- $15 million
- Mason Daring
- April 28, 2000
When 17-year-old Novalee Nation has her baby in a Wal-Mart, this hard-luck teen becomes an overnight celebrity. 12,913 IMDb 6.7 1 h 59 min 2000. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Fun · Heartwarming. Available to rent or buy.
- 119 min
- 4
A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is a pregnant seventeen-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno), but is abandoned by him at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
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 ...
- (696)
- 2000
- PG-13
- Matt Williams
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.