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Novalee Nation is a 15-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 in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers "adopt" Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.



Where the Heart Is (2000)
Released: 28 Apr 2000
Runtime: 120 min
Rated: PG-13
Director: Matt Williams
Writer(s): Lowell Ganz (screenplay), Babaloo Mandel (screenplay), Billie Letts (novel)
Actors: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.
IMDB Ratings: 6.8



Plot: Novalee Nation is a pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack, but is abandoned by him at a Wal-Mart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Novalee has no job, no skills and only $5.55 in her pocket, so she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart until her daughter Americus is born six weeks later. Novalee decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Sequoyah, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts.