Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Davis P Where the heart is is a very so so just alright at best type of movie. Natalie Portman really isn't that enjoyable in the leading role, she's actually kinda weird and is a little annoying. Ashely Judd was good in this film, I did like her, she was probably my favorite part of the movie. The script is really pretty mediocre, it's poorly and lazily written. Joan cusack was good here, her character was well written and hilarious! This film just comes across as obviously dull and very weak, it got to be very boring and just uninteresting. Where the heart is just is not worth anyone's time, it's not funny or sad or romantic, it's just dull in every faction. 3/10 for where the heart is.

ahmad ahmad here we are with small pleasant story , though not pleasing to be believable , the pregnant teen ( Natalie portman )who was dumped by her boyfriend in Wall - mart . she would live there for 6 weeks till at one night , will deliver . with miraculous jump through the glass of accidental watcher who saw her once , then the story will go on and on with cliché and humane effect which look absurd with all coincidences and surprises you will see . difficult to swallow , Natalie though she is cute , doesn't appeal , the acting was cold and i wonder what she was doing during all these 6 weeks apart from eating and sleeping , remember no body notice of the store personnel . it s crap .

tieman64 "Home is the nicest word there is." - Laura Wilder The directorial debut of Matt Williams, and based on a novel by Billie Letts, "Where the Heart Is" stars Natalie Portman as Novalee, a pregnant 17 year old who is abandoned by her boyfriend at an Oklahoman Walmart.Part drama, part fairy tale, part farcical comedy, "Heart" watches as Novalee blossoms from a scatterbrained teenager to a successful photographer. Along the way she befriends Lexie Coop (Ashley Judd), a young nurse. Both women learn self-worth, to be wary of life's many dangers, and that even those with terrible backgrounds can create their own safe, surrogate families. In "Where the Heart is", "home" is a rehabilitation project that friends and loved ones embark upon together.Unashamedly a Hollywood crowd-pleaser, "Where the Heart Is" was panned by critics. Still, despite a hokey "tornado sequence", a corny "sex scene" and an overly glamorous (but nevertheless endearing) Natalie Portman, it's a fast and cute film. Always going unexpected places, Williams' script boats fine dialogue, and co-stars the lovable Joan Cusack. 8/10 - See "Frozen River".

gradyharp Novalee Nation Natalie Portman) is a very pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack (Dylan Bruno), but is abandoned by him at a Wal-Mart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma where she takes up a homeless existence - no job, no skills and only $5.55 in her pocket, so she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart. Locked in one evening six weeks later she goes into labor and her new friend Forney (James Frain), who's life was in jeopardy because of his alcohol addiction and his choice to dropout of college, delivers her daughter Americus. The situation's so bizarre that Novalee becomes a small town celebrity: she is a strong woman of many talents and she decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Sequoyah, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Much to her surprised, Novalee gets an unexpected visit from her mother (Sally Field) who agrees to hold to the $500 given to Novalee from the president of Wal-Mart and to have them both share an apartment. However after agreeing to pick her up the next day, the mother flees with the $500 leaving Novalee and Americus stranded. All manner of freaky friends and strange characters populate this story, giving some fine roles for Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing , Joan Cusack, among others. It is a funky story that somehow rings very true. Grady Harp