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Where the Heart Is

"Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart."

2000 2h 0m ★ 7.1 (732 votes) Released

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.

Director

Matt Williams

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz

Screenplay

Babaloo Mandel

Rating
7.1
Runtime
120 min
Budget
$15.0M
Revenue
$33.8M
Profit/Loss
+18.8M

Production

Wind Dancer Films Wind Dancer Films
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox

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californiababysupermarketchangepregnancyoklahomapregnant minorunwillingly pregnanttennesseeteenage pregnancystarting overpregnant

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