Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
7.099
120 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Natalie Portman | Novalee Nation | Zac E. Chan |
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Ashley Judd | Lexie Coop | The Free Refills |
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Stockard Channing | Thelma 'Sister' Husband | Unowned |
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Joan Cusack | Ruth Meyers | Zac E. Chan |
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Sally Field | Mama Lil | Unowned |
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James Frain | Forney Hull | Unowned |
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Dylan Bruno | Willy Jack Pickens | Unowned |
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Keith David | Moses Whitecotten | Unowned |
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Ray Prewitt | Tim | Unowned |
| Laura House | Nicki | Unowned | |
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Mary Ashleigh Green | Girl in Bathroom | Unowned |
| Kinna McInroe | Wal-Mart Clerk | Unowned | |
| Linda Wakeman | Hospital Receptionist | Unowned | |
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David Alvarado | Cellmate | Unowned |
| Mark Voges | Religious Man | Unowned | |
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Todd Lowe | Troy | Unowned |
| Margaret Hoard | Mary Elizabeth Hull | Unowned | |
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Rodger Boyce | Officer Harry | Unowned |
| Gabriel Folse | Policeman #2 | Unowned | |
| Sue McCormick | Cake Supplier | Unowned | |
| Karey Green | Rhonda | Unowned | |
| Laura Auldridge | Wal-Mart Assistant Manager | Unowned | |
| Alicia Godwin | Jolene | Unowned | |
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Dennis Letts | Sheriff | Unowned |
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Richard Andrew Jones | Mr. Sprock | Unowned |
| Kathryn Esquivel | Mrs. Ortiz | Unowned | |
| Mark Mathis | Reporter | Unowned | |
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J.D. Evermore | Orderly | Unowned |
| Angee Hughes | Religious Woman | Unowned | |
| Mackenzie Fitzgerald | Americus Nation | Unowned | |
| Nataly Peña | Angela Ortiz | Unowned | |
| Yvette Diaz | Rosanna Ortiz | Unowned | |
| T.J. McFarland | Ray | Unowned | |
| Richard Nance | Johnny DeSoto | Unowned | |
| Tony Mann | M.C. of Banquet | Unowned | |
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John Swasey | Jerry | Unowned |
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Scarlett McAlister | Kitty | Unowned |
| Kylie Harmon | Praline | Unowned | |
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Cody Linley | Brownie | Unowned |
| Bob Coonrod | Ernie | Unowned | |
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Heather Kafka | Delphia | Unowned |
| Angelina Fiordellisi | Nurse | Unowned | |
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Cheyenne Rushing | Co-Ed | Unowned |
| Deborah Abbott | Bar Girl | Unowned | |
| Alecia Batson | Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street | Unowned | |
| Stacy Bellew | Wal-Mart Girl | Unowned | |
| Jeff Cooper | Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian | Unowned | |
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Rebecca Davis | Photo Finalist | Unowned |
| Lisa Del Dotto | Wedding Guest | Unowned | |
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Jeremy Denzlinger | Reporter | Unowned |
| Dan Eggleston | Truck Driver | Unowned | |
| Adrian Garza | Young Brownie | Unowned | |
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Jim Henry | Bar Room Fighter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Molly Howe | Lynne (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| K. Todd Lytle | Customer at Gas Station | Unowned | |
| Erica Mincks | Miss Sequoyah | Unowned | |
| Trevor Doyle Nelson | Partygoer | Unowned | |
| Bobby Shue | Wal-Mart Customer | Unowned | |
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Cassandra L. Small | Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest | Unowned |
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Russell Towery | Bass Player | Unowned |
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Chris Warner | Wal-Mart Employee | Unowned |
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Gena West | Hospital Visitor | Unowned |
| Jerry Wu | Bar Patron | Unowned | |
| Jason C. Young | Professor | Unowned |