Where the Heart Is is a 2000 drama/romance film directed by Matt Williams. The movie stars Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing and Ashley Judd. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz, is based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts.
The film follows five years in the life Novalee Nation, starting when she is a pregnant 17-year-old girl from Tennessee who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in a small Oklahoma town. She secretly moves into the Wal-Mart store, gives birth to her baby, attracting media attention, and sets up a life with the help of new friends.