The read
A Balasaur Score of 53 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 34%, Metacritic 30/100. Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic30/100
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
764 audience votes
Key crew
- Matt WilliamsDirector
- Mason DaringOriginal Music Composer
- Lowell GanzScreenplay
- Babaloo MandelScreenplay
Cast
- Natalie PortmanNovalee Nation
- Ashley JuddLexie Coop
- Stockard ChanningThelma 'Sister' Husband
- Joan CusackRuth Meyers
- Sally FieldMama Lil
- James FrainForney Hull
- Dylan BrunoWilly Jack Pickens
- Keith DavidMoses Whitecotten
- Ray PrewittTim
- Laura HouseNicki
- Mary Ashleigh GreenGirl in Bathroom
- Kinna McInroeWal-Mart Clerk
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Themes
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