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Where The Heart Is Details

2000 Certificate 12
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A lighthearted drama about finding your place in the world under the most unlikely circumstances. Portman is Novalee Nation, a pregnant young girl who is running away to California with her boyfriend, an aspiring country singer. When he abandons her at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, Novalee has no choice but to stay behind. She lives in .. Read more

Starring Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Natalie Portman, James Frain
Director Matt Williams
Genres Drama

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Where The Heart Is

A lighthearted drama about finding your place in the world under the most unlikely circumstances. Portman is Novalee Nation, a pregnant young girl who is running away to California with her boyfriend, an aspiring country singer. When he abandons her at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, Novalee has no choice but to stay behind. She lives in the Wal-Mart until the baby comes, and the resulting birth turns her into a celebrity. As the years go by, Novalee continues to live in the small town, and eventually finds herself falling in love with the kindhearted local librarian. Featuring stellar character turns by Field, Channing, Cusack and Judd.

Starring Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Natalie Portman, James Frain, Dylan Bruno
Director Matt Williams
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 55 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Feisty Females
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: French
Released DVD: 15 Sep 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

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  • Melodramatic soap opera, so full of hapless accidents, from killer tornados to legless alcoholics, as to be unintentionally funny; it attempts to convince audience of the joys of single motherhood.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • In which poor pregnant Tennessee teenager Novalee Nation (Portman) lands up alone in a car park in Sequoyah, Oklahoma,... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 11 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    UNEXPECTEDLY GOOD.

    WHEN I RENTED THIS FILM, I ASKED MYSELF,' WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR ?' ,BUT MY SELECTIONS WERE RUNNING LOW AND I HAD TO FILL THEM UP, SO I STUCK THIS ONE DOWN. WHEN IT STARTED MY HUSBAND MUTTERED SOMETHING ABOUT 'GIRLY FLICK' BUT WHEN IT FINISHED WE BOTH SAID HOW MUCH WE HAD ENJOYED WATCHING IT, WHICH IS WHAT RENTAL IS ALL ABOUT.

      • JENNIFER DAVIES from HENGOED, WALES.
      • Posted 29 Mar 2005 09:41

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    A totally enjoyable experience

    This was a lovely movie. Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd were great as always. A total chick-flick but in a great way. Sit yourself down on a sunday afternoon with your jammies on and enjoy.

      • A customer from Portlethen
      • Posted 17 Dec 2007 20:27

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