Where the Heart Is
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Movie Reviews of Where the Heart Is
Movie Review: A truely touching film!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful film of a young pregnent girl, Novelee Nation(Portman) who is dumped at a WalMart SuperCenter by her hillbilly scumb boyfriend, Willy Jack. Novelle then in a little town in Oklohoma, lives in the WalMart while she tries to get her life together.
In this town she meets Froney who wants nothing more than to love her, and Lexi (Ashley Judd) who becomes the sister she never had, as well as Sister Husband who becomes her surrogate mother.
This an extraordinary tale about family, and helping strangers who then become friends.
Novelee eventually becomes a photographer influenced by Moses Whitecotton, the regular baby photographer at the WalMart.
This movie is much about the trials and tribulations of life, including: the rape and beating of Lexi by her boyfriend, who also rapes her little boy Brownie, as well as a visit by Novelee's mother in the hospital when she gives birth simply to rob her blind, along with a tornado killing Sister Husband leaving all she has to Novelee, allowing her to build a home of her own.
This is a wonderful film, if you haven't saw it, at least rent it! You won't regret it!
Movie Review: Did I mention I'm in love with Natalie Portman?
Summary: 5 Stars
All in all, this was a surprisingly entertaining and heartwarming film, the kind that makes you say "awnnn, isn't that nice?" No, definitely not for your action film fans, but most people should find this movie easy to like. Yes, there are some difficult-to-believe plot twists and plot holes (why did Novalee's mother drive all that way just to steal her $500, never to be mentioned again in the course of the movie?), but if you suspend your disbelief slightly, it's an immensely enjoyable journey. Oh, and that Natalie...[sigh]. How could Forney not fall in love with her? She's so...utterly loveable. Yes, the very beautiful and charming Ms. Portman's role as the main character didn't hurt the movie for me either. I think I went through the whole movie dreamy-eyed and drunk on her beauty. And I especially liked how this movie praised the honourable "nice guys" in the world. Yes, the girls (Portman and Judd) start off going after those motorcyle-riding bad boys, but by the end of the movie, both girls "grow up" and discover the inner beauty of the more lacklustre but well-deserving good guys.Movie Review: If you have a heart, what's not to like with this movie?
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie last night having not even heard of it before. Did this one go straight to the video shelves and, if so, WHY? This is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie! It has an engaging heroine (beautifully portrayed by Natalie Portman!), a magnificent supporting cast (all superb actors doing great work, including a surprise from Sally Field!), a powerful plot with a lot of exciting and emotional scenes throughout which move the story along at a excellent pace, a fine script with believable dialogue and characters, and a truly glorious finale. Cynics will scoff at this film, but for the rest of us poor mortals this little gem of a movie portrays people as they are, believably entertaining us in the process, and giving us a wise and compassionate view of our human condition. By all means experience this fine motion picture! Forget the negative reviews and those who watch it with preconceived notions of the actors involved. Sensitively directed and written, this one will really show you, as the title says, "where the heart is."Movie Review: Sit back and relax.... this is one you'll enjoy
Summary: 5 Stars
For a movie that actually stops me from channel switching and KEEPS me from flipping the channel, even during the "slow" parts, the movie has got to be good. And this movie is not just good, but, in my opinion it's one of the sweetest, down-to-earth movies, I've seen in a long time. Sure, maybe the part about living in a Wal-Mart is unbelievable, I'll give you that, but the rest of the movie (and the Wal-Mart part is only like 20 minutes of the movie), is superbly written. I wasn't a fan of Natalie Portman until this movie, she does an incredible job of the young girl growing up. I think the movie shows how the worst of situations can always be turned around by how you handle things. Sure it may not win any awards, and I'm not a fan of Joan Cusack or Sally Field but this movie really does portray how the average person works, lives, handles day to day problems. Buy it, if you enjoy movies like this, you'll love this one.Movie Review: Where the Heart is
Summary: 5 Stars
Natalie Portman is excellent in playing the role of Novalee Nation a 17 year old girl who just so happens to be very pregnant.Novalee went from 17 to 22 during the course of the movie. Every minute of the movie was just like watching buttercup's bloom into something beautiful. Willie Jack Pinkes is Novalee's sad excuse of what used to be a man in the prehistoric ages before he knocked up a 17 year old girl excuse of a boyfriend. Before I go any further there are three things that you should know about Novalee. #1 she hates the number 5, # 2 she was abandond by her mother at age 5 and is again through the course of the movie, and #3 she was also left behind by bouyfriend Willie Jack at an Oklahoma Walmart.It gets really good when.... If you want to know what I was going to say buy the movie which might not help seeing as the movie has so many great parts! -BLS