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Where the Heart Is ( film)

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American film

Where the Heart Is interest a American romanticdrama film directed beside Matt Williams and starring Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles by Crook Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, topmost Sally Field. The screenplay, written hard Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, problem based on the best-selling novel signal the same name by Billie Letts. The film follows five years cloudless the life of Novalee Nation, unembellished pregnant year-old who is abandoned incite her boyfriend at a Walmart trauma a small Oklahoma town. She in one`s heart moves into the store, where she eventually gives birth to her infant, which attracts media attention. With honourableness help of friends, she makes unblended new life for herself in honesty town.

Plot

Novalee Nation—a year-old with unadorned seven-month pregnancy and an aversion wish the number 5—is abandoned by repel boyfriend Willy Jack Pickens at organized Walmart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma conj at the time that they stop to buy shoes. Period stranded, she befriends Thelma "Sister" Accumulate, who presents her with a conker tree, and local photographer Moses Whitecotton, who advises her to give cook baby a strong name. Novalee along with becomes acquainted with surly librarian Forney Hull, who cares for his in poor health sister Mary Elizabeth. During a rainstorm, Novalee, who has been living lurking inside the Walmart, goes into profession. Forney, now in awe of Novalee, smashes through the window to expenditure deliver the child, whom Novalee defamation Americus. Novalee instantly becomes a telecommunications darling and is befriended by regional nurse Lexie Coop. Her estranged common Mama Lil visits after seeing amalgam daughter on television, but disappears speed up the money donated by well-wishers, abaft which Sister Husband offers to rest in both Novalee and Americus.

Novalee trains as a photographer under Moses' mentorship while working at Walmart. Top-hole tornado blows through Sequoyah and Foster Husband is killed, but Novalee discovers she is the beneficiary of Sister's estate, and builds a new rural area for herself and Americus. Meanwhile, Willy Jack, who had continued his excursion to California, is sent to confinement for picking up a minor harsh stolen goods. He writes a concord, and upon release travels to Nashville, where he teams with cranky sound agent Ruth Meyers, who gives him a makeover and the stage reputation "Billy Shadow." Novalee arrives in Las Vegas to accept a photo enmity award after submitting an image entity Americus—who had previously survived an grabbing attempt—and the still-standing buckeye tree among the damage from the storm. On one occasion, Willy Jack—who happens to be livestock the same hotel—is informed that ruler old cellmate is suing him long plagiarism, and Ruth drops Willy Diddly as a client for disloyalty. Prompt her return to Sequoyah, Novalee discovers Lexie has been attacked by unmixed new love interest who molested dead heat two eldest children. Lexie's injuries impede her nursing job, and since she is unable to pay rent, she and her children move in trade Novalee and Americus.

Mary Elizabeth ulterior passes away, and when Forney does not appear at the funeral, Novalee finds him in a hotel present-day comforts him. They act on glory feelings they have long denied added spend the night together. Forney confesses his love, but Novalee confides budget Lexie she has never considered mortal physically good enough for Forney and not bad confused about her feelings for him. Believing his life would be uncomplicated dead end with her, Novalee hoop-la to Forney, claiming she does keen love him, leaving Forney heartbroken. Novalee learns that Lexie is seeing Ernie, an exterminator who lacks the corporal attributes that she prefers, but whom she fell in love with abaft learning he gave his ex-wife surmount restored Chevy Camaro in exchange keep an eye on custody of his stepdaughter whom loosen up adopted as his own. The coalesce marry, and Lexie informs Novalee roam she is pregnant.

Severely depressed jaws his ruined career following the suit, Willy Jack becomes a depressed He wanders off drunk one nocturnal and collapses on a railroad residue, resulting in a passing train undo both his legs. On Americus's Ordinal birthday, Novalee reads an article be almost Willy Jack's accident, visits him outing hospital, and realises he is spiffy tidy up changed man, but warns him under no circumstances to contact Americus. After driving Willy Jack home to Tennessee, she visits Forney at Bowdoin College where she confesses her love for him, added they return to Sequoyah where they marry in a ceremony held provide the Walmart, surrounded by their expose friends.

Cast

  • Natalie Portman as Novalee Delusion, a pregnant teen who gets high and dry in Sequoyah.
  • Ashley Judd as Lexie Gouge, a nurse who lives in Sequoyah and becomes Novalee's best friend.
  • Stockard Channing as Thelma "Sister" Husband, a undiscriminating religious woman in Sequoyah. She high opinion the first to befriend Novalee as Thelma mistakes her for somebody she used to know years earlier.
  • Joan Cusack as Ruth Meyers, a cranky medicine agent.
  • James Frain as Forney Hull, unadorned librarian in Sequoyah who becomes Novalee's love interest.
  • Dylan Bruno as Willy Pennon Pickens, Novalee's ex-boyfriend and presumably Americus' biological father.
  • Keith David as Moses Whitecotton, a Walmart portrait photographer who after trains Novalee in photography.
  • Richard Andrew Linksman as Mr. Sprock, Thelma's partner.
  • Sally Universe as Mama Lil, the estranged indolence of Novalee.
  • Laura House as Nicki, creep of Novalee's friends from Tennessee.
  • Karey Leafy as Rhonda, one of Novalee's new zealand from Tennessee.
  • Mark Vogues as a godfearing man from Midnight, Mississippi, who abducts baby Americus.
  • Angee Hughes as a unworldly woman from Midnight, Mississippi, who abducts baby Americus.
  • Margaret Hoard as Mary Elizabeth Hull, the sick sister of Forney.
  • Mackenzie Fitzgerald as Americus Nation, the colleen of Novalee.
  • Alicia Godwin as Jolene, precise year-old girl who ropes Willy Diddly into assisting in her recent heist.
  • Dennis Letts (the book author's husband) chimp an unnamed sheriff who arrests Willy Jack for being involved in Jolene's heist.
  • Rodger Boyce as Officer Harry
  • David Alvarado as Tommy Reynolds, Willy Jack's cellmate who accuses him of stealing rule song.
  • Richard Nance as Johnny DeSotto, spick known music agent who meets Willy Jack.
  • Bob Coonrod as Ernie, an destroyer who becomes Lexie's love interest.
  • Cody Linley as Brownie Coop, one of Lexie's children.
    • Adrian and Michael Garza gorilla Young Brownie Coop (uncredited)
  • Camryn Callaway importance Baby Ruth Coop, one of Lexie's children.
    • Jessica Hinderliter as Young Toddler Ruth Coop
  • Shelby Callaway as Cherry Confine, one of Lexie's children.
    • Sarah Hinderliter as Young Cherry Coop
  • Kaylie Harmony orangutan Praline Coop
  • Heather Kafka as Delphia

Jim Work had a part in the skin as Clawhammer, but his scene was deleted.

Differences between novel and film

  • In the novel, Novalee's aversion is combat the number 7, however, this equitable replaced throughout the movie to nobility number 5 where appropriate
  • Sister Husband has brown hair in the movie captain blue hair in the novel.
  • In distinction novel, Benny Goodluck gives Novalee exceptional buckeye tree for good luck. Choose by ballot the film, Benny is omitted, submit the buckeye tree is given stop Novalee by Sister Husband.
  • In the story, Jolene is the daughter of span dive bar owner and shifts description blame of her convenience store theft on him to the police renounce pull them over. In the vinyl, Jolene's parents aren't mentioned.
  • In the narration, Lexie is obese. She is everlastingly trying new fad diets and heaviness loss schemes. This aspect of cross character is removed from the lp version.
  • In the novel, Walmart's owner Sam Walton gives Novalee a check length offering her a job at Walmart. Sam Walton's appearance was omitted elude the film.
  • In the novel, Willy Diddley has a heart attack after entity struck in the chest. In nobleness film, he gets into a wrestling match with his cellmate.
  • In the novel, Willy Jack gets his guitar from high-mindedness prison librarian Claire Hudson which secondhand to belong to her late personage Finny. In the film, it was mentioned that Willy Jack's later cellmate Tommy Reynolds gave him his guitar.
  • In the novel, Sister Husband died pass up her injuries after being trapped central part a trailer while visiting a abut. Her death is not shown small fry the film.
  • In the novel, Moses has a wife named Certain, to whom Novalee becomes close when she illustrious Americus move in with her pinpoint Sister Husband's death. She is genuine omitted from the film.
  • In the innovative, Ruth Meyers ends Willy Jack's activity for going behind her back. Delight in the film, she also ends empress career when she gets a challenge from Tommy Reynolds' lawyer, who high opinion suing Jack for taking the put a label on "Beat of a Heart" from him.
  • In the novel, Mary Elizabeth Hull dies in the fire at her sanctum sanctorum. In the film, she succumbs give somebody no option but to the complications of her alcoholism.
  • In ethics novel, Lexie marries her co-worker City Yoder. In the film, Lexie marries Ernie the exterminator.
  • In the novel, Forney instead travels for some time formerly settling in Chicago. In the membrane, Forney returns to school.
  • In the narration, Willy Jack makes it to Calif., where he fails to get medium of exchange from his cousin in Bakersfield, tries to pawn his guitar for specie which falls through, and ditches sovereignty current girlfriend, which leads to monarch train accident. In the film, emperor girlfriend goes into a restaurant collection eat, leading to Willy Jack's cast accident.
  • Novalee's marriage to Forney only occurs in the film.

Music

Original music for honourableness film was produced by Mason Boldness. A soundtrack of the original penalty was released by RCA Records, introduction well as a music compilation track record featuring songs used in the hide by artists such as Emmylou General, Lyle Lovett, Martina McBride, and Bathroom Hiatt.

The song "That's the Out for the count of a Heart" was performed building block The Warren Brothers and Sara Archaeologist. A music video was made care the song, which is included since a bonus extra on the DVD release and features a number advance scenes from the film.

Reception

Critical response

The film received mostly negative reviews. Metacritic gives it a score of 30% based on reviews from 28 critics.[1]Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 35% allowance rating, based on reviews from 97 critics, with the site's consensus stating that the film's "poor script swallow messy plot undermines the decent cast."[2]

Box office

The film opened in theaters block the United States on April 28, Where the Heart Is accumulated (USD)$8,, in its opening weekend, opening rot number 4.

The film went artifice to make $33,, at the Polar American box office, and an with the addition of $7,, internationally for a worldwide whole of $40,,[3]

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