IMDb plot summary: When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
Directed by Ben Stiller. Stars Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, and Jon Daly.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a film starring Ben Stiller as the titular Walter Mitty, a photograph developer for Life Magazine who spends much of his time daydreaming about being a more exciting adventurous person, despite not even having the courage to talk in person to his work crush. But when he discovers that an essential photograph has gone missing, he must go on series of real life adventures to try to track down the elusive photographer and find out what happened to that negative. I was familiar with the 1947 film, as well as the short story, and neither one of those fully grabbed me, but this one does a better job of getting me on board. There are moments where I can feel it being just a tad too deliberate in its messaging, but Ben Stiller grounds it fairly well, playing a relatable character in unrelatable circumstances and making it easy to root for him. There are not necessarily a lot of laughs I got out of this despite being built as a comedy, but there's a lot of warmth in this movie. It was satisfying to watch Mitty pursue his dreams even when he didn't mean to. It's a sweet movie that was worth a watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
📊 Ranked #501/4006 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 87
beat The Dissident (#2000 → #2001)
beat Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (#999 → #1005)
lost to The Basketball Diaries (#498 → #500)
lost to Black Christmas (#750 → #727)
lost to American Psycho (#874 → #420)
beat Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (#936 → #949)
lost to Flight (#905 → #437)
beat Ghostbusters II (#920 → #1074)
beat Twins (#912 → #917)
beat SubUrbia (#908 → #1015)
beat Anna Karenina (#906 → #980)
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