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Where the Heart Is
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy heartfelt stories of personal reinvention, eccentric community bonds, and hope overcoming difficult beginnings.
- Tone
- warm, sentimental, uplifting
- Payoff
- comfort, inspiration
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- resilience, found family, motherhood, starting over, community
- Setting
- contemporary, small-town retail spaces and rural communities
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