Where The Heart Is

We watched the DVD "Where The Heart Is."

Synopsis

Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), is 17, pregnant, and has never been part of a real home. She has fallen in with a selfish would-be musician, Willy Jack whom she considers her boyfriend. While traveling from Tennessee to California in an ancient Plymouth, they stop for a bathroom break, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart. But 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 to live. She borrows food and supplies from its shelves to survive. When she gives birth on the floor and her hideaway is revealed Novalee and her "Wal-Mart Baby" become instant celebrities. Over the next few years, Novalee becomes part of an unconventional, makeshift family consisting of some eccentric new friends. Now with the family she always wanted Novalee is transformed from a homeless teen to a successful and strong woman.