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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 in Sequoyah, Okla., and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. In short order, some eccentric, kindly strangers "adopt" Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing

Released: April 27, 2000

Runtime: 120.0

Popularity Rating: 5.833

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Wind Dancer Films

United States of America

Novalee Nation Natalie Portman
Lexie Coop Ashley Judd
Thelma 'Sister' Husband Stockard Channing
Ruth Meyers Joan Cusack
Mama Lil Sally Field
Forney Hull James Frain
Willy Jack Pickens Dylan Bruno
Moses Whitecotten Keith David
Tim Ray Prewitt
Nicki Laura House
Girl in Bathroom Mary Ashleigh Green
Wal-Mart Clerk Kinna McInroe
Hospital Receptionist Linda Wakeman
Cellmate David Alvarado
Religious Man Mark Voges
Troy Todd Lowe
Mary Elizabeth Hull Margaret Hoard
Officer Harry Rodger Boyce
Policeman #2 Gabriel Folse
Cake Supplier Sue McCormick
Rhonda Karey Green
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager Laura Auldridge
Jolene Alicia Godwin
Sheriff Dennis Letts
Mr. Sprock Richard Jones
Mrs. Ortiz Kathryn Esquivel
Reporter Mark Mathis
Orderly J.D. Evermore
Religious Woman Angee Hughes
Americus Nation Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Angela Ortiz Nataly Pena
Rosanna Ortiz Yvette Diaz
Ray T.J. McFarland
Johnny DeSoto Richard Nance
M.C. of Banquet Tony Mann
Jerry John Swasey
Kitty Scarlett McAlister
Praline Kylie Harmon
Brownie Cody Linley
Ernie Bob Coonrod
Delphia Heather Kafka
Nurse Angelina Fiordellisi
Co-Ed Cheyenne Rushing
Bar Girl Deborah Abbott
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street Alecia Batson
Wal-Mart Girl Stacy Bellew
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian Jeff Cooper
Photo Finalist Rebecca Davis
Wedding Guest Lisa Del Dotto
Reporter Jeremy Denzlinger
Truck Driver Dan Eggleston
Young Brownie Adrian Garza
Bar Room Fighter Jim Henry
Lynne Molly Howe
Walmart Customer R.C. Keene
Customer at Gas Station K. Todd Lytle
Miss Sequoyah Erica Mincks
Partygoer Trevor Doyle Nelson
Wal-Mart Customer Bobby Shue
Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest Cassandra L. Small
Bass Player Russell Towery
Wal-Mart Employee Chris Warner
Hospital Visitor Gena West
Bar Patron Jerry Wu
Professor Jason C. Young

Camera — Director of Photography: Richard Greatrex
Directing — Director: Matt Williams
Editing — Editor: Ian Crafford
Sound — Original Music Composer: Mason Daring
Writing — Novel: Billie Letts
Writing — Screenplay: Lowell Ganz