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Where the Heart Is

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62 feature instances
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Where the Heart Is	label	Where the Heart Is
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Where the Heart Is	comment	Where the Heart Is is a drama-comedy released in 2000, based on a novel by Billie Letts. The story is about a pregnant young girl named Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), who is abandoned in the parking lot of a Walmart by her boyfriend. She eventually is taken in by a nearby family, gives birth to a daughter she names Americus, and falls in love with the town librarian.No relation to the 1990 John Boorman film.
Where the Heart Is	fetched	2023-07-19T03:28:42Z
Where the Heart Is	parsed	2023-07-19T03:28:42Z
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Where the Heart Is / int_116eeb4a	type	Non-Residential Residence
Where the Heart Is / int_116eeb4a	comment	Non-Residential Residence: Novalee lives in a Walmart for some time after being left there by her boyfriend, and even delivers her baby there.
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Where the Heart Is / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Where the Heart Is / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: When Novalee and Willy Jack are riding in the car at the beginning of the movie, Novalee brings Willy Jack's hand to her bump, and says that the place he feels the thump-thump-thump is where the heart is.
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Where the Heart Is / int_1aa30797	type	Single Woman Seeks Good Man
Where the Heart Is / int_1aa30797	comment	Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Novalee falls in love with Forney, the local librarian. Lexie was attracted to bad boys who would all end up getting her pregnant and running off on her. She would eventually marry dorky Ernie the Exterminator who despite looking frumpy and plain has a heart of gold.
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Where the Heart Is / int_1b4ead2d	type	Soft Glass
Where the Heart Is / int_1b4ead2d	comment	Soft Glass: See Dynamic Entry above.
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Where the Heart Is / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Where the Heart Is / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Americus's father abandons her mother in the parking lot at Walmart before she is born. While he continues to appear in the movie as a subplot, he never meets his daughter.
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Where the Heart Is / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Where the Heart Is / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Novalee's father is never seen, and her mother only shows up to steal money from her and disappear again.
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Where the Heart Is / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
Where the Heart Is / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: Novalee is dubbed "the Walmart Mommy" by the media after they catch wind of her giving birth in a Walmart. Fortunately, the incident (and epithet) have been dropped by the time Americus is four.
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Where the Heart Is / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Where the Heart Is / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Willy Jack abandoning Novalee at Walmart in an unknown town. In a double whammy, pretty much everything that happens to him after that is him getting a Kick the Dog moment.
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Where the Heart Is / int_3a742e63	type	Human-Interest Story
Where the Heart Is / int_3a742e63	comment	Human-Interest Story: news of Novalee having been a homeless teen who gave birth in a Walmart becomes a viral news-story in-universe.
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Where the Heart Is / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Where the Heart Is / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: Sister Husband takes in Novalee and becomes like a grandma for Americus.
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Where the Heart Is / int_422b699	type	Catching Some Z's
Where the Heart Is / int_422b699	comment	Catching Some Z's: Novalee is a very loud snorer.
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Where the Heart Is / int_440d1d0b	type	Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Where the Heart Is / int_440d1d0b	comment	Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Forney has no problem with breaking and entering a Walmart if there's a pregnant homeless teenager squatting inside, going into labor and in need of help delivering the baby.
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Where the Heart Is / int_4548bae	type	Teen Pregnancy
Where the Heart Is / int_4548bae	comment	Teen Pregnancy: In the book, Novalee is explicitly 17 years old when she is pregnant. Natalie Portman was only 19 when the movie was released, so this is presumably the case in the movie as well.
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Where the Heart Is / int_47d35854	type	Intergenerational Friendship
Where the Heart Is / int_47d35854	comment	Intergenerational Friendship: Novalee's friendships with Sister Husband and the Whitecottons who are old enough to be her parents. Americus even refers to Sister as Grandma Sister and Moses and Certain as Pepaw and Memaw respectively.
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Where the Heart Is / int_4c123f8a	type	Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud
Where the Heart Is / int_4c123f8a	comment	Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud: Averted. The tornado is nowhere near the storm cellar that Novalee, Lexie, and Americus are sheltering in, but Novalee still gets nearly blown away by the wind.
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Where the Heart Is / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Where the Heart Is / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: When the receipt for the flip-flops comes back as $5.55, Novalee panics and runs out to the parking lot, only to find an empty parking space where Willy Jack's car was. Forney's sister being taken out of the library in a body bag. Immediately after the tornado plows through town, Novalee is seen writing Sister Husband and Brother Husband's deaths.
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Where the Heart Is / int_4f362a27	type	Implied Rape
Where the Heart Is / int_4f362a27	comment	Implied Rape: After Novalee picks up Lexie and her kids and brings them to her house, she sits down with Lexie to ask what happened. Lexie breaks down in tears, saying her new boyfriend Roger tried going after her kids while she wasn't home, but by pure luck, Lexie had come home early with her younger kids. Roger went after Praline first but opted for Brownie instead after Praline threw up on him. She never says the word "rape", but it's heavily implied that Roger was sexually assaulting her child in her bedroom when she found them after coming home. It's so hard to not feel for Lexie and what had happened to her and her kids.
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Where the Heart Is / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
Where the Heart Is / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Their Years: Americus is a remarkably well-adjusted and loving child, flourishing thanks to the attention and love given to her by her mother and all the people she knows.
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Where the Heart Is / int_53136954	type	Book Dumb
Where the Heart Is / int_53136954	comment	Book Dumb: Novalee, to Forney's mild annoyance when they first meet.
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Where the Heart Is / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Where the Heart Is / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The book begins and ends with Novalee and Willy Jack taking a road trip, the beginning being them trying to make a home in California and the end having Novalee taking Willy Jack back home to Tennessee since she's made herself a home in Oklahoma and he has no way to get back due to having no legs.
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Where the Heart Is / int_557838d1	type	Adaptational Attractiveness
Where the Heart Is / int_557838d1	comment	Adaptational Attractiveness: Novalee is described on the first page of the novel as "seventeen years old, seven months pregnant, and thirty-seven pounds overweight," and Lexie is described as morbidly obese; naturally the film has them played by Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd.
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Where the Heart Is / int_5892169d	type	Absurd Phobia
Where the Heart Is / int_5892169d	comment	Absurd Phobia: Novalee believes that the number 5 is cursed. In the book, it's actually the number 7 that she feels is cursed but the number likely changed due to time constraints in the film. The background on this is that her mother left when she was 5 years old, and then it took 55 stitches to close a massive wound in her arm when a woman attacked her with a steak knife. She panics when Willy Jack mentions that their trip is starting at 5pm. At the Sequoyah Wal-Mart, she throws her change back at a cashier when it comes out to $5.55 She drags herself - while in labor - to a different aisle so she won't give birth in Aisle 5. At Americus's fifth birthday party:
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Where the Heart Is / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Where the Heart Is / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Played straight with Forney and Novalee. She lies and tells him that she doesn't love him so he'll go and live the life she thinks he wants back east. She does come to her senses later and goes back and tells him the truth.
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Where the Heart Is / int_6220c00d	type	Pædo Hunt
Where the Heart Is / int_6220c00d	comment	Pædo Hunt: Willy Jack is arrested for picking up a 14-year-old hitchhiker. Based on the reactions of the other inmates, they probably know what he did. Lexie walked in on her second-to-last boyfriend abusing (and implicitly molesting) one of her children. Unfortunately for her, he disappears, and since he was using a pseudonym, he never gets arrested.
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Where the Heart Is / int_643659d4	type	Spit Take
Where the Heart Is / int_643659d4	comment	Spit Take: Done by Lexie when she and Novalee learn that Sister Husband left everything to Novalee.
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Where the Heart Is / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Where the Heart Is / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: While discussing her latest boyfriend with Novalee, Lexie says, "I just don’t think he’s my type." Cut to them getting married. Novalee meets a cute mechanic at Murray's Garage and the music swells like a typical country-style Meet Cute. Cut to her telling Lexie she might be pregnant. Willy's groupie saying "I will leave when I am good and ready!" to Ruth Meyers. Cut to her being thrown bodily from the room.
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Where the Heart Is / int_6896aae8	type	The Missionary
Where the Heart Is / int_6896aae8	comment	The Missionary: An essentially well-meaning Pentecostal Christian couple see Novalee's & Americus's story on TV and travel to Oklahoma to witness (preach) to Novalee. Sister, being a devout (and much less judgmental) Christian herself, not to mention knowing that Novalee is tired of the media attention, makes it clear she's already covered this.
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Where the Heart Is / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Where the Heart Is / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: How Novalee ends up picking "Americus" as her daughter's name. She initially tells Moses that she's thinking about "Wendi, with an i," only for Moses to emphatically advise her to give her baby a name that means something.
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Where the Heart Is / int_713856	type	Feeling the Baby Kick
Where the Heart Is / int_713856	comment	Feeling the Baby Kick: Played with- Novalee puts Willy Jack's hand on her bump so he can feel her baby's heartbeat.
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Where the Heart Is / int_75538142	type	Friend to All Children
Where the Heart Is / int_75538142	comment	Friend to All Children: Forney is particularly great with Americus. Ernie the Exterminator coaches a kids' baseball team and has adopted his stepchild from his deadbeat ex-wife.
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Where the Heart Is / int_75c7fd73	type	Totally 18
Where the Heart Is / int_75c7fd73	comment	Totally 18: Averted with the hitchhiker that Willy Jack picks up after dumping Novalee- he's arrested after being informed that she's 14.
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Where the Heart Is / int_7de3aec2	type	What Does She See in Him?
Where the Heart Is / int_7de3aec2	comment	What Does She See in Him?: Inverted. Novalee repeatedly insists that she and Forney are Just Friends and that the main root of his attachment to her is Americus. Lexie, who's somewhat The Ditz, figures out that Novalee believes Forney is too good for her and is not impressed. Forney is heartbroken when Novalee denies sharing his feelings in a Break His Heart to Save Him move. In the end, Novalee finally realises she does deserve happiness and admits that not only is she in love with him but that the feeling is mutual.
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Where the Heart Is / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Where the Heart Is / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Although there are some ups and downs, overall life turns out well for Novalee, who is able to make a home for herself with the help and support of caring friends. Meanwhile, things go increasingly badly for Willy Jack after he leaves Novalee behind: he spends time in prison, has his chance at a music career tanked when he's accused of stealing the song he wrote, and ends up losing both legs in a train accident after passing out drunk on the railroad tracks.
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Where the Heart Is / int_9154b147	type	Trailer Park Tornado Magnet
Where the Heart Is / int_9154b147	comment	Trailer Park Tornado Magnet: Downplayed in that it's just one trailer seen endangered by a tornado, but that tornado kills Brother and Sister Husband.
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Where the Heart Is / int_950329d8	type	Dynamic Entry
Where the Heart Is / int_950329d8	comment	Dynamic Entry: Forney leaps through a plate glass window in the Wal-Mart when he sees Novalee in labor.
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Where the Heart Is / int_95c2a9dd	type	Outliving One's Offspring
Where the Heart Is / int_95c2a9dd	comment	Outliving One's Offspring: A tragic case for the Whitecottons who lost their daughter Glory when she drowned at three. They never had any children since but take in Novalee and Americus like a surrogate daughter and granddaughter. The first time that Certain holds Americus, she looks almost like she never wants to let go of her.
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Where the Heart Is / int_9e1b9a0e	type	Camera Fiend
Where the Heart Is / int_9e1b9a0e	comment	Camera Fiend: Novalee eventually makes a career out of her photography skills.
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Where the Heart Is / int_a16d511d	type	Insecure Love Interest
Where the Heart Is / int_a16d511d	comment	Insecure Love Interest: Novalee believes she isn't good enough for Forney and doesn't want to tie him down to a life where he is unhappy.
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Where the Heart Is / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Where the Heart Is / int_a70223	comment	Lexie walked in on her second-to-last boyfriend abusing (and implicitly molesting) one of her children. Unfortunately for her, he disappears, and since he was using a pseudonym, he never gets arrested.
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Where the Heart Is / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
Where the Heart Is / int_a82ff02f	comment	Novalee meets a cute mechanic at Murray's Garage and the music swells like a typical country-style Meet Cute. Cut to her telling Lexie she might be pregnant.
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Where the Heart Is / int_ab802f4b	type	Work Off the Debt
Where the Heart Is / int_ab802f4b	comment	Work Off the Debt: Novalee ends up being hired by the very same Walmart that she was squatting in while pregnant (presumably to pay off the debts that she had recorded).
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Where the Heart Is / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Where the Heart Is / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The pair of flip-flops costs $5.55- so Novalee panicks and runs out to the parking lot. Willy Jack when he's told that the hitchhiker he's driving with is only 14 years old. He's then promptly arrested. Novalee has one when she's woken up in the middle of the night by contractions, and then when her water breaks when she gets up. As Novalee comes home with a Christmas tree, Lexie mentions off-hand that Americus is five months old. Novalee promptly panics and rushes home to find her daughter missing. Novalee and Sister Husband when the tornado sirens go off. Novalee, Americus, and Lexie when Sister Husband doesn't make it to the tornado shelter, and Novalee is nearly blown away when she goes out to find her. Willy Jack when he's drunk, on the ground, and about to be hit by a train.
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Where the Heart Is / int_ad94c7a0	type	Scars Are Forever
Where the Heart Is / int_ad94c7a0	comment	Scars are Forever: Lexie gets beaten bloody by one of her boyfriends, and winds up with a large scar next to her left eye.
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Where the Heart Is / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
Where the Heart Is / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: A non-fantasy example, but a wild mix. It is rural Oklahoma, after all. Aeriths: Novalee Nation Americus Nation Forney Hull Mr. Sprock Moses and Certain Whitecotton Willy Jack Pickens (aka Billy Shadow) All of Lexie's named kids (Brownie, Praline, Cherry, and Baby Ruth), though it's hinted that they're actually nicknames Bobs: Lexie Coop Thelma "Sister" Husband Ruth Meyers
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Where the Heart Is / int_bba9ea51	type	Good Stepmother
Where the Heart Is / int_bba9ea51	comment	Good Stepmother: Ernie is a gender-flipped version not only for Lexie's kids but for his own stepdaughter for whom he gave up the car of his dreams since his ex-wife loved the car more than she loved her daughter.
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Where the Heart Is / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
Where the Heart Is / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Novalee Nation.
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Where the Heart Is / int_c1d1d6ad	type	Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?
Where the Heart Is / int_c1d1d6ad	comment	Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Lexie names all her kids after snack food. Novalee, advised by Moses to give her baby a Meaningful Name, takes it a bit too far and names her daughter Americus Nation. Granted, it's not like most of the other characters have normal names anyway. Lampshaded by a coworker who, when asked which child called, suggested it might have been "Twinkie" or "Pez".
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Where the Heart Is / int_c235ac60	type	Ill Girl
Where the Heart Is / int_c235ac60	comment	Ill Girl: Forney's sister is the nominal librarian in town, but she's bedridden and cared for by her brother. she eventually dies, and Forney decides to leave.
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Where the Heart Is / int_c4500946	type	Break His Heart to Save Him
Where the Heart Is / int_c4500946	comment	Break His Heart to Save Him: Novalee to Forney.
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Where the Heart Is / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
Where the Heart Is / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Forney's first appearance has him belittling Novalee, and his second appearance has what could be considered stalking. However, the rest of the film shows him as a genuinely nice person who loves and supports Novalee and Americus. His behaviour at the beginning was likely him having an extra-stressful day and just simple curiosity.
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Where the Heart Is / int_c772e7c5	type	Rags to Riches
Where the Heart Is / int_c772e7c5	comment	Rags to Riches: Novalee goes from a homeless pregnant teen squatting in a Wal Mart to an accomplished photographer, respectable community member, and loving wife. Attempted by Willy Jack, but he makes several short-sighted decisions while trying to make it big (including abandoning his girlfriend, picking up a 14-year-old hitchhiker, and committing plagiarism) before losing his legs to a train.
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Where the Heart Is / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
Where the Heart Is / int_d028e0da	comment	An Arm and a Leg: Willy Jack loses both legs after being run over by a train.
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Where the Heart Is / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Where the Heart Is / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Ernie's last name is never given, and everyone just calls him "Ernie the Exterminator".
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Where the Heart Is / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Where the Heart Is / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Willy Jack dumping Novalee at the beginning of the film. He attempts it again after being informed the girl he's riding with is only 14 years old, but is arrested.
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Where the Heart Is / int_df79b05b	type	Media Scrum
Where the Heart Is / int_df79b05b	comment	Media Scrum: While Novalee is in the hospital recovering from labor and delivery, the hallway outside the hospital room is crowded with journalists wanting to meet the "Walmart Mom".
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Where the Heart Is / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
Where the Heart Is / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: When Lexie found Roger sexually assaulting her children, she said she "flew at him" in rage, with every attempt at killing him to defend them or die trying.
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Where the Heart Is / int_eb95ac77	type	Born During a Storm
Where the Heart Is / int_eb95ac77	comment	Born During a Storm: Novalee goes into labor alone in the Walmart she has been living in during a thunderstorm. The setting of the birth emphasizes her dire life situation. Good thing Forney arrives to assist with the birth.
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Where the Heart Is / int_f4f3252e	type	Law of Inverse Fertility
Where the Heart Is / int_f4f3252e	comment	Law of Inverse Fertility: Both played straight and averted with Novalee, as she didn't exactly plan to get pregnant at 17 to a guy who would abandon her in the middle of nowhere, but a later fling does not result in a pregnancy for her. Played straight with Lexie, as has 4 kids by 3 different deadbeat daddies at the start of the movie. And it gets worse as the movie goes on.
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Where the Heart Is / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Where the Heart Is / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Sister Husband and Mr. Sprock are devout Christians who are in love with each other, but don't want to get married. This leads to several instances of them praying for forgiveness after they've had sex, usually on the kitchen table.
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Where the Heart Is / int_fd94c4ac	type	Theme Naming
Where the Heart Is / int_fd94c4ac	comment	Theme Naming: Lexie has named all her kids after snack food.
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Where the Heart Is / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Where the Heart Is / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Sister at one point leads a prayer asking God to forgive her and Mr. Sprock for committing "fornication" on the kitchen table. After Sister's will reveals she left everything to Novalee, Mr. Sprock asks for the table, saying it holds a lot of memories.
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