Where the Heart Is

Release date: Apr 27, 2000

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.

ComedyDramaRomance

Top Cast

Novalee Nation

Lexie Coop

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Ruth Meyers

Mama Lil

Forney Hull

Willy Jack Pickens

Moses Whitecotten

Tim

Nicki

Girl in Bathroom

Wal-Mart Clerk

Hospital Receptionist

Cellmate

Religious Man

Troy

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Officer Harry

Policeman #2

Cake Supplier

Rhonda

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

Jolene

Sheriff

Mr. Sprock

Mrs. Ortiz

Reporter

Orderly

Religious Woman

Americus Nation

Angela Ortiz

Rosanna Ortiz

Ray

Johnny DeSoto

M.C. of Banquet

Jerry

Kitty

Praline

Brownie

Ernie

Delphia

Nurse

Co-Ed

Bar Girl

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

Wal-Mart Girl

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Photo Finalist

Wedding Guest

Reporter

Truck Driver

Young Brownie

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)

Lynne (uncredited)

Customer at Gas Station

Miss Sequoyah

Partygoer

Wal-Mart Customer

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Bass Player

Wal-Mart Employee

Hospital Visitor

Bar Patron

Professor

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