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Where the Heart Is (2000)

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Reviews Counted:94

Fresh:33

Rotten:61

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Poor script and messy plot undermines the decent cast.

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee's life forever. For when she leaves the store, she discovers that Willy Jack and the Plymouth are gone. Only her Polaroid camera... A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee's life forever. For when she leaves the store, she discovers that Willy Jack and the Plymouth are gone. Only her Polaroid camera remains in the parking space.

Alone and broke, Novalee surreptitiously moves into the vast store, borrowing food and supplies from its shelves. When she gives birth on the floor - and her hideaway is revealed - Novalee and her "Wal-Mart Baby" become instant celebrities. More importantly, over the next few years, Novalee finally becomes part of an unconventional, makeshift family comprised of her wonderfully eccentric new friends.

Now, with the family she always wanted, Novalee is transformed from a homeless teen to a successful and strong woman. She has finally found a home in this small town where fate has dropped her. -- © 20th Century Fox [More]

Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack

Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Director: Matt Williams

Director: Matt Williams
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Producer: Patricia Whitcher, Matt Williams, Susan Cartsonis, David McFadzean
Composer: Mason Daring

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Sep 26, 2000

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Full Review Source: CinemaSense.Com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cornell & Petricelli
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

Where the Heart Is celebrates motherhood as vocation, inspiration, and destination.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

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Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
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David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Episodic, uneven screenplay.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
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Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

[Portman] shows just how comfortable she can be carrying a major motion picture.

Full Review Source: CheckOut.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ed Scharf
Ed Scharf
CheckOut.com

Astonishingly shameless melodrama.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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Full of poorly written Hollywood tripe, a coming-of-age story in which yeah, the main character gets older, but she doesn't learn anything.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

This is a superficial film, a condensation of an entire season of a TV sitcom.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

In the hands of TV director Matt Williams ... it's a choppy mess that belongs on the street corner Monday morning.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

So sugary sweet and packed with magic-realistic miracles it plays like an Oprah Winfrey-produced miniseries on crack.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
01/01/00
Gemma Files
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In taking cheap shots at those of us who don't live in Manhattan, Williams and company undermine the real strengths of their movie.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
George Meyer
George Meyer
Orlando Weekly

The movie is sweet-natured enough, but when its litany of tragedies demands a tougher tone, the script ... fails to deliver the much-needed veracity.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
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Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

If we could just strip away the plot, Where the Heart Is would be a delightful film. As it is, wait for video.

Full Review Source: Phantom Tollbooth | comment Comment
01/01/00
J. Robert Parks
J. Robert Parks
Phantom Tollbooth

Where the Heart Is is a soap-opera trash compactor.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
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Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

The filmmakers have crafted a motion picture that should appeal to members of both sexes.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Were it not for the presence of Portman and Judd, 'Heart' could easily have turned into a pilot for a lame TV series. Call it 'Wal-Mart Mama.'

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Funny, fresh and reassuring.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jane Sumner
Jane Sumner
Dallas Morning News
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Watching Where the Heart Is, in fact, is a little like listening to the town gossip run her mouth about everyone she knows.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Incredibly cluttered and messy tragi-comedy.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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