Americus was born on July 5, 1995 as it says in the book right after Sister dies. The day after Americus was born, Novalee first meets Lexi and Lexi says "Hope you're not hungry because it's Tuesday." July 6th, 1995 was a Thursday. See more...
When Novalee (played by Natalie Portman) is running out of the Wal-Mart after realizing that Willy Jack has left her, there is a poster above the door from Star Wars Episode 1. The poster is Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala. These posters were supposed to have been removed during filming. See more...
Directed by Matt Williams, starring Joan Cusack, Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing (add more)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Lexi tells Novellee that Forney had to get stitches because he jumped through the window, but when Novellee goes over to thank Forney a few days later, Forney doesn't have any stitches, cuts or anything that may indicate he jumped thru a window. [They don't indicate where he was hurt. They show him jumping sideways through the window with his arms up. When she sees him later, he is wearing long sleeves.]
Corrected by reneefk
How was Forney able to hear Novalee's screams during labour pain when she was in the middle of the store and the rain was coming down as heavily as it was, especially with all the thunder? [He was able to hear her scream, because he followed her as he saw her go into the Wal-Mart, and he waited there to see what she would do. It is very possible that her loud screams of excruciating pain would be heard over the rain and between the claps of thunder. So when he heard her scream, he went to deliver the baby.]
In the beginning, Novalee says that she was cut from her wrist to her elbow and it took 55 stitches to close her up. However, there's no scar or mark on either of her arms to indicate this ever really happened. [Some people's skin doesn't show scares very well. I am fair skined (about the same as Natalie Portman) and I had 60 stiches down my leg. Unless you know what you are looking for, you would never see the scar (sometimes I have a hard time seeing it).]
Corrected by shortdanzr
Natalie Portman's character has a hard time reading the books in the library, but when she is in the hospital she can read the letters fine and has no trouble saying "abomination". [Novalee admits earlier that she's read the Bible and her last name is "nation", of course she can read "abomination." The words she has difficulty reading in the library are "nitrogen deficiency," two words that would be difficult to sound out if you never had prior experience with them.]
At the end of the movie, when Novalee goes to visit Willy Jack in the hospital, they are talking at a regular volume. But when the nurse comes in, she is all upset saying that she can hear them all the way down the hall. [Actually, at one point they are shouting (which is why the nurse comes in). It's when Novalee is saying that Willy Jack was coming after Americus and he pulls back the sheets on the bed to show his missing legs.]
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