Where the Heart Is is a 2000 English-language Comedy Drama film written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Billie Letts. The movie is directed by Matt Williams. A pregnant 17-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Where the heart is features Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno and Jason C. Young. It was released on 28th April 2000. Where the Heart Is was made on a budget of $15 million and at the box office it grossed only $1 million.