MOVIE · 2000

Where the Heart Is

ComedyDramaRomance120 min

Natalie Portman is Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee who’s left behind at an Oklahoma Walmart after her boyfriend abandons her on the road. With nowhere to go, she hides out in the store and is forced to improvise a future while the town around her slowly comes into view. Stockard Channing and Ashley Judd are among the women Novalee meets as strangers begin to form an unexpected circle around her. The story follows her early steps into adulthood through small-town routines, family complications, and the fragile start of a new home.