
The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its las... (Full plot summary below)
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The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its last printed edition and the loathsome manager of transition Ted Hendricks is preparing an inevitable downsizing over the next few days. Walter has been the liaison between the magazine and the mysterious independent photographer Sean O'Connell who has sent to him a package of negatives and a wallet as a gift for his work. Sean also suggests to the senior management the use of negative 25 for the cover of the last edition. However, Walter cannot find the negative that is missing. Walter has no means to contact Sean and finds a clue that he might be in Greenland. He decides to travel to Greenland to track Sean down in the beginning of an unbelievable adventure.
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| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe story Stiller tells manages to float in a most peculiar, satisfying way. |
| Illinois TimesCharles Koplinski"MItty" a Magical Tribute to the Possible |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceIf Stiller can squeeze a smile out of that situation, he's a magician. He does, and therefore he is. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasAn absolute joy of a film and a masterpiece in terms of storytelling, Ben Stiller has become a serious director who seems like he's capable of doing anything. |
| Bloomberg NewsGreg EvansWho would have predicted that the rich fantasy world of James Thurber's day-dreaming Walter Mitty looks a lot like a second-rate Wes Anderson movie? |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatThe story of a man prone to escape the present moment through fantasies who is transformed when he discovers his courage. |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty is one charming film to see, and there's nothing wrong with a feel-good movie that makes you feel good about liking it. |
| SF WeeklyJonathan KieferOf course Stiller takes many liberties with Thurber's old chestnut, but there is a sense that its theme of yearning really means something to him. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonMore or less the opposite of the original story's irony. Stiller's movie is irony-free, but it's sweet and affecting nonetheless. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThe primary reason for Mitty's increasingly fantastical globe trotting works - largely due to the colorful characters he meets along the way... |