Where the Heart Is

Released Date
April 28, 2000
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$33,772,838 + $7,090,880 = $40,863,718
43
Natalie Portman

as Novalee Nation

77
Sally Field

as Mama Lil

62
Joan Cusack

as Ruth Meyers

56
Ashley Judd

as Lexie Coop

68
Keith David

as Moses Whitecotton

80
Stockard Channing

as Thelma

56
James Frain

as Forney Hull

52
Dylan Bruno

as Willy Jack Pickens

About Where the Heart Is

A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

About

A pregnant teenager is abandoned by her boyfriend and is forced to rebuild her life after secretly moving in to a Walmart in a small Oklahoma town. 

Trivia

The film is based on Billie Letts' best-selling novel of the same name. It marked the directorial debut for Matt Williams.