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Whitney B. (whitneyab) from COOPERSBURG, PA Reviewed on 2/4/2024...
Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller), an employee at Life magazine, spends day after monotonous day developing photos for the publication. To escape the tedium, Walter inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero. Walter fancies a fellow employee named Cheryl (Kristen Wiig) and would love to date her, but he feels unworthy. However, he gets a chance to have a real adventure when Life's new owners send him on a mission to obtain the perfect photo for the final print issue.
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Mark H. (djmark) from MONTEREY PARK, CA Reviewed on 7/30/2016...
The concept of the continual day dreamer has been around for some time. The modern take and reinterpretation of Walter Mitty, minus the Danny Kaye element, but with the Life Magazine element made this version a keeper. As a writer and film maker myself I had been hoping to see this movie remade as well as a film adaptation of Catcher In The Rye since high school. Ben stiller did a great transformation from Milk toast negative processor to reclaiming the youthful exuberance he had before his father passed. The movie coincided with the passing of my own Father, who just so happened to have lived in Greenland working on radio and radar during the cold war. So that teared me up. Incorporating modern elements, a great supportive cast, modern elements like match.com, and some rocking special fx made the movie a fun ride as well as a tear jerker. My wife and I both immensely enjoyed the film, which combined quiet moments with whimsical fantasy paying homage to the spirit of Walter Mitty.
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Rose H. from LOUISVILLE, KY Reviewed on 12/7/2014...
One of the movies to come out in a long time, in my opinion.
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Belinda S. (niara) from NEW YORK, NY Reviewed on 7/8/2014...
You cannot compare a book adaptation of a film to the original source.
You cannot compare originals to their remakes.
You can try, but you will utterly and miserably fail. Books and films are different mediums. I have rarely since a film based on a book that I had read that was as good as the book (To Kill A Mockingbird; Sophie's Choice) or in even the rarest of occasions, surpassed the book it was based on (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Shawshank Redemption, The Dead Zone). You'll just end up like one of those Twilight/Harry Potter crazies, who often were heard aloud in the theater, "That's not what happened on Page 102!"
I had not read the Mitty short story and can't recall seeing the original but let me tell you, I was really looking forward to this Ben Stiller remake and my goodness gracious, did it not disappoint.
Full disclaimer: I can recall only two films that I have seen Ben Stiller in: Keeping the Faith and Reality Bites. I somehow think that all the sophomoric comedies he did up to this point (think "Along Came Polly" or "Zoolander") was to get him to this place: a thoughtful, searing film about choices, journeys and being present in your own life. I read some of the reviews here and folks went on and on about how slow it was (really? As opposed to some frenetic, breathless, incomprehensible pace) but I'm glad it was. This film needed TIME to tell the STORY, and I am grateful that it did.
I loved all the eccentric characters (Adrian Martinez as Hernando, Patton Oswalt as Todd, and of course, the wondrous Sean Penn, who I have adored since...forever) but the story is what captured me. Live and be in the present. Walter had dreams that he stuffed into a backpack when he had to step up and be a responsible adult at a fairly young age. Don't forget who you are or where you have come from, or the people that have helped you get there or the ones that can help you stay there.
Life-affirming, joyous. I watched this one to the last credits beaming from ear to ear. Embrace your maturity, your spirit and your soul, Ben and keep making them just like this for the ones that get it and f**k the ones that don't. One of the best films of 2013, IMHO.
Whitney B. (whitneyab) from COOPERSBURG, PA 
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