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Summary: Where the Heart Is, great film!
Review: Where the Heart Is is a wonderful film about a young, pregnant girl and her boyfriend who are heading off for California in the beginning of the film, but the boyfriend (Willy) leaves the girl (Novalee) at a Walmart store and continues on to California by himself. When the story finally takes off, Novalee has her baby in the Walmart (where she ended up living during her pregnancy) and she becomes somewhat of a celebrity. Throughout the film she meets a few different people which play important roles in her life, and help her get through problems and help her get settled in life. This movie is filled w/ different, surprising situations, such as a tornado that occurs and ends up killing one of the characters. This movie has a rating of Pg-13. I thought the rating was a well fit one for the movie. There was a bit of cursing in the film, and other situations that may have not been suitable for a younger audience, but it wasn't so bad that it had to have any higher rating than Pg-13.
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Review: Natalie Portman stars as Novalee Nation in this film about a simple southern girl who begins a complex life of twists, turns, and anything else imaginable when her boyfriend abandons her and her unborn child at an out-of-state Wal-Mart. There is no way to adequately summarize the plot, as it feels much like several episodes of a mediocre sitcom thrown together into one viewing. It is this jumbled insanity that lends the film a quick flow, though this flow at times becomes almost ridiculous.
Portman and her costars do an excellent job of bringing there simple southern personas to life. The characters, while not very layered, gave a warmth to the story, despite their oddities (of which there were plenty, if not too many). The subtle developments between Forney and Novalee gave the film a well-suited romantic charge without becoming a chick flick. Overall, this story performs and entertains on several levels.
The PG-13 rating is well deserved. Turning anyone under 17 away from any movie only because of language seems more ludicrous than any of the off-the-wall situations we see in Where the Heart Is. Afterall, heart can be found in the harshest words of all sometimes.
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Summary: Where the Heart Is. . . Themes and ratings
Review: I believe that PG-13 is an appropriate rating for the movie "Where the Heart Is." There were situations, adult language, and sexual overtones which would or might be inappropriate for younger kids, yet rated R would be too strong a rating since the "F" word was not used. I also feel that 13-17 year olds would be interested in the themes and content of the film. That age group would also not be offended by the occasional use of profane language.
Parents of pre-teens may not want or think their children are ready for seeing a teen pregnancy and think their kids don*t need to see this to look up to her in any way. There are also abuse situations which came about to Novelee*s friend Lexi and two of her children which may also be inappropriate for those under 13.
Over all the movie seemed very real to life, but it*s not something I*d willingly go to see.
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Summary: Where The Heart Is, a good one!!
Review: The movie Where The Heart Is is rated PG-13, and I believe that is a suitable rating for this film. The younger audiences, 12 and under, may not understand the "love" and/or "sexual" aspects of the film. The story of a young girl giving birth to her child in a Walmart where she was left by her scum of a boyfriend who is striving to be a musician, may not interest them at all. Children of that age group may prefer a Disney movie or something with a little more action.
This film definitly should not be rated R because it doesn't have the qualities that make an R movie. The qualities include: Profane language, nudity, a lot of violence, and explict sexual content. An R rating may mislead viewers into thinking this film is more vulgar then what it is. Therefore the pg-13 rating definitly applies to this movie. The audiences between the ages of 13-17 can easily follow the storyline and not be offended by the mild use of profane words.
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Summary: Good movie for anyone
Review: Where the heart is is about living life in the most unlikely circumstances. A pregnant teenager, played by Natalie Portman, gets abandoned by her worthless boyfriend at a Wal-Mart. She has no place to go and no money, so she has to live in the Wal-Mart secretly. And of course she has her baby in it, making her a celebrity. She is taken in by some locals and starts to get her life together. She falls in love with the local librarian, who is played by James Frain, and can't admit to him, at least not at the time. Her life includes many hardships along the way, but somehow she recovers from all of them.
The movie is rated PG13. It fits the movie becuase there is no nudity or violence, but some strong language. The movie contins adult ideas and themes, bu nothing to extreme or hard to understand.
Overall, it is a very entertaining film. It was directed very well by Matt Williams. the acting was perfect, played by a great cast. This is a movie that just about anybody can enjoy. it is funny, sad, and entertaining.
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Summary: Where The Heart Is
Review: Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd shine in Where The Heart Is, a heartwarming story about finding your place in the world. Portman plays Novalee Nation, a soon-to-be mother that is forced to fend for herself when she is abandoned at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart by her deadbeat boyfriend Willy Jack, who flees the scene and is later arrested. Back at the Wal-Mart, Novalee gives birth with the help of Forney, the local librarian, who breaks through the pane glass at Wal-Mart to deliver the child. You then watch as Novalee and her daughter Americus grow and the budding love developing between Forney and Novalee. Tragedies occur when Americus is kidnapped, and again when Novalee's surrogate mother, 'Sister' Husband is killed in a tornado. Learn that home is where you make it, as Novalee ends up where she least expects, but seemingly where she was meant to be all along.
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Summary: Holding on to life as it is.
Review: The heart of this movie/book is redemption and the consequences of living the lies we tell ourselves. It is about having the courage to stop lying to ourselves and others and live out our truths. The movie/book is also about acknowledging our dark and light sides and holding onto the good in ourselves and others. The movie/book demonstrates the importance of acceptance and allowing ourselves to have a piece of the "good life" even when we don't quite think we deserve it. What impressed me most is that the author allowed one of its negative character the opportunity to acknowledge his mistake and attempt to find redemption and in doing so prevent the main character from making a mistake.
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Summary: A movie to smile with...
Review: So much could have gone wrong with this movie...
A trailer trash teenager giving birth to a Wal-Mart baby? A heavy-handed morality tale of the sleazy guy who ditched her rising to stardom and then crashing down again? Alcoholics holding hands to say grace, thanking God for the fornication they have committed ("upon this very table")? Christians kidnapping a baby and abandoning her in the manger of a Nativity scene?Yes, so much could have gone wrong... but it doesn't. Instead, Portman, Judd, Frain, and others (even Sally Field, who I usually abhor), turn in massively understated performances, downplaying all that is bizarre about this film. For all its camp and kitsch, this movie is very human and somehow, very real. Rent it, buy it... it's rarely laugh-out-loud funny, but this is one movie you'll smile through again and again.
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Summary: Where the Heart Is, a touching film!
Review: This is a wondeful film about a young pregnent girl, Novelee(Portman) who is dumped at a WalMart SuperCenter by her hillbilly scumbag 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 but to love her, and Lexi (Judd) who becomes the sister she never had, and Sister Husband who becomes her serigant mother.
This an extraordinary tail about family, and helping strangers who then become friends.
Novelee eventually becomes a photographer influenced by Moses Whitecotton, a man who is the regular baby photographer at the WalMart.
This movie is much about the trials and tribulations of life, some including: Lexi is raped and beaten by her boyfriend, who also rapes her little boy Brownie. Another is that Novelee's mother visits her mother in the hospital when she gives birth to her daughter, Americus. Yet another is when Sister Husband is killed in a tornado, and she leaves all she has to Novelee, allowing her to build a home for herself.
This is a wonderful film, if you haven't saw it, at least rent it! You won't regreat it!
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Summary: A Must Have
Review: Where the Heart Is is one of those DVD's I can watch over and over again. This is a great movie with great actors and a wonderful storyline. The DVD includes some nice bonus features, and I would recommend this movie for date night or any time you want a great love story.
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