Where the Heart Is

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

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.

Comedy Drama Romance

Natalie Portman

(Novalee Nation)

Ashley Judd

(Lexie Coop)

Stockard Channing

(Thelma 'Sister' Husband)

Joan Cusack

(Ruth Meyers)

Sally Field

(Mama Lil)

James Frain

(Forney Hull)

Dylan Bruno

(Willy Jack Pickens)

Keith David

(Moses Whitecotten)

Ray Prewitt

(Tim)

Laura House

(Nicki)

Mary Ashleigh Green

(Girl in Bathroom)

Kinna McInroe

(Wal-Mart Clerk)

Linda Wakeman

(Hospital Receptionist)

David Alvarado

(Cellmate)

Mark Voges

(Religious Man)

Todd Lowe

(Troy)

Margaret Hoard

(Mary Elizabeth Hull)

Rodger Boyce

(Officer Harry)

Gabriel Folse

(Policeman #2)

Sue McCormick

(Cake Supplier)

Karey Green

(Rhonda)

Laura Auldridge

(Wal-Mart Assistant Manager)

Alicia Godwin

(Jolene)

Dennis Letts

(Sheriff)

Richard Andrew Jones

(Mr. Sprock)

Kathryn Esquivel

(Mrs. Ortiz)

Mark Mathis

(Reporter)

J.D. Evermore

(Orderly)

Angee Hughes

(Religious Woman)

Mackenzie Fitzgerald

(Americus Nation)

Nataly Peña

(Angela Ortiz)

Yvette Diaz

(Rosanna Ortiz)

T.J. McFarland

(Ray)

Richard Nance

(Johnny DeSoto)

Tony Mann

(M.C. of Banquet)

John Swasey

(Jerry)

Scarlett McAlister

(Kitty)

Kylie Harmon

(Praline)

Cody Linley

(Brownie)

Bob Coonrod

(Ernie)

Heather Kafka

(Delphia)

Angelina Fiordellisi

(Nurse)

Cheyenne Rushing

(Co-Ed)

Deborah Abbott

(Bar Girl)

Alecia Batson

(Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street)

Stacy Bellew

(Wal-Mart Girl)

Jeff Cooper

(Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian)

Rebecca Davis

(Photo Finalist)

Lisa Del Dotto

(Wedding Guest)

Jeremy Denzlinger

(Reporter)

Dan Eggleston

(Truck Driver)

Adrian Garza

(Young Brownie)

Jim Henry

(Bar Room Fighter (uncredited))

Molly Howe

(Lynne (uncredited))

K. Todd Lytle

(Customer at Gas Station)

Erica Mincks

(Miss Sequoyah)

Trevor Doyle Nelson

(Partygoer)

Bobby Shue

(Wal-Mart Customer)

Cassandra L. Small

(Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest)

Russell Towery

(Bass Player)

Chris Warner

(Wal-Mart Employee)

Gena West

(Hospital Visitor)

Jerry Wu

(Bar Patron)

Jason C. Young

(Professor)