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Novalee Nation, 17 and very pregnant, has never been a part of a real home. The closest thing to family for the hard-luck teen is her selfish, would-be musician boyfriend Willy Jack, with whom she's traveling from Tennessee to California in a rust bucket that used to be a Plymouth. A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee's life forever. For when she leaves the store, she... See Full Description
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Comedy, Drama, Romance and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. |
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| Release Date: |
April 28, 2000 Nationwide |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for intense thematic material, language, and sexual content. |
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| Distributors: |
20th Century Fox Distribution
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$33,771,174 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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NZone,
(2 out of 5 stars) "I always had a feeling that Oprah Winfrey was better at choosing restaurants than she was at picking books." Full Review...
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Cinema Sense,
(Gold) "In this fairy tale, the magic comes not from a waived wand but from the expansion of the human heart as an unwed, pregnant teen transforms into a loving young woman." Full Review...
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Cranky Critic,
"A flat out hit." Full Review...
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goodauthority: Fried Green Steel Magnolias,
"Directed by Matt Williams and based on what's almost surely an unreadable novel by Billie Letts, 'Where the Heart Is' is one of those movies in which working-class women of various ages drawl Hallmark platitudes at one another when faced with overwhelming obstacles." Full Review...
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