Where the Heart Is
2000 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 37,319 VOTES · DIR. Matt Williams
Overview
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,397 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 You're gonna actually drive this deathtrap from Tennessee to California?
00:05:21 You all got yourself a beautiful child here. Be an award-winning picture.
00:11:51 - There aren't many made like this here. - It's a beauty.
00:21:31 Yeah.
00:28:31 They're reporters here. Lean up.
00:32:40 Lexie, one of your kids is on the phone.
00:36:20 home, apartment, whatever- till you get on your feet.
00:41:09 Moses Whitecotton gave me this as a baby gift.
00:45:15 - Why's that? - Well
00:49:51 Well, I was thinkin' that...
00:54:12 Yeah.
00:59:21 All right. All right.
01:03:01 Well, it turns out that the groom's former girlfriend...
01:08:41 "Oh, gee, Forney, as what, brain surgeon on weekends?"
01:12:16 My head just keeps buttin' against the ceilin', and I wanna break through.
01:17:12 - You all right, honey? - I'm great.
01:23:48 Lex.
01:28:44 Well, I work in the library.
01:35:22 he'd wanna pick up with his life again...
01:39:43 "Please tell your mother I extend my best wishes."
01:44:37 Feel that? Right here.
01:48:51 I- I lied.
01:53:12 I lied to you...
01:56:50 With you, baby
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,397
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line01:56:50
Production Record
DirectorMatt Williams
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$33,800,000
IMDb votes37,319