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Where the Heart is
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Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens. But after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in 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, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers.
Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens. But after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in 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, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers.
Actors:
Alecia Batson,
Russell Towery,
Dennis Letts,
Mark Mathis,
Richard Andrew Jones,
Tony Mann,
David Alvarado
Alecia Batson
January 30, 1978 in Austin, Texas, USA
Russell Towery
28 January 1957, Cuero, Texas, USA
Dennis Letts
5 September 1934, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Mark Mathis
Richard Andrew Jones
9 November 1946, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Tony Mann
David Alvarado
Director:
Matt Williams
Matt Williams
Country:
United States
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December 08, 2002
This is as irritating as chick flicks come and it's a real disappointment since Portman's talents are totally wasted.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 29, 2005
... a great big ol' commercial for the Wal-Mart
San Jose Mercury News
January 01, 2000
A veritable ventricular chamber orchestra of emotional manipulations and easy virtues.
December 02, 2002
Unfortunately, the spirited performances (notably Stockard Channing as the benevolent Sister Husband) buckle under the weight of the implausibly overloaded script.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
January 01, 2000
Delightful.
Common Sense Media
December 29, 2010
A chick flick that's as yummy as eating bon-bons.
April 25, 2003
Not possessing much in the way of a character arc, saints are boring to watch and impossible to act.
July 02, 2004
The script, based on a novel by Billie Lett, is sprinkled with phrases meant to be poignant and funny, but sound like repackaged cliches.
January 01, 2000
Where the Heart Is has a screenplay like that, zigging and zagging and wildly careening from one melodramatic development to the next.
August 01, 2003
...enjoyable enough.
November 06, 2002
The scenes feel forced, producing episodic plotting and calling attention to the characters' superficiality.
Associated Press
January 01, 2000
Portman ... is remarkably persuasive as the unschooled Novalee.