The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Directed by

Ben Stiller

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 8,332 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who escapes his boring life through elaborate daydreams sets out on a real journey to find a missing photograph. He travels to remote locations and faces various challenges.

whimsicalhopefulbittersweetadventurousintrospectiveupliftingdreamygentle

What happens

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn. Though "more of a remake" of the 1947 film of the same name, both are film adaptations of James Thurber's 1939 short story. It follows a maladaptive daydreamer named Walter Mitty on his quest to find a missing negative print and its elusive photojournalist for Life magazine's final print issue. Following a tumultuous production hell that spanned multiple studios, directors and leading actors dating back to 1994, it finally found traction in 2011 with Stiller as director and star of the film. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 5, 2013, and was theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on December 25, 2013, in North America to generally mixed reception, with praise for Stiller's direction, cinematography, and its soundtrack featuring José González. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• About Time (2013)
• The Callback Queen (2013)
• Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild (2013)
• Everyone's Going To Die (2013)
• Orbit Ever After (2013)
• The Croods (2013)
• Not Another Happy Ending (2013)
• The Mule (2013)