The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

 

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty takes steps towards fulfilling a classic adventure story while leaving its own stamp of uniqueness with its' use of imagery and motivational sayings used throughout the film. After watching this movie it seems like they got the whole dialogue off of a motivational poster

that hangs in someone's office wall. Even so The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty still seems to hit home with its unconventional storyline and some of the transitions that some of the movie goes through from scene to scene catch the eye. If anything, the movie is just flat out fun to watch and leaves you with a heartwarming ending that puts it under a family type movie while also being an adult like movie.

Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty. Retreived From Popsugar.com

 

 

This movie can be watched by anybody at any age and that is why I liked it so much. Walter Mitty who was casted as Ben Stiller seems to be the perfect fit between nice guy who finally climbs over the wall of fear in his mind and decides to finally leave his life to an extent that many people reach just by simply doing. What I really admire about this movie is how as the story line evolves the main character Walter Mitty evolves with it as well. In the beginning he is too nervous to even leave a wink on a dating site of an office crush and by the end he finally asks her out on a date to his sisters' play, (of course she says yes). The story line and Walter Mitty's life run parallel to each other and as Ben Stiller directed and starred in the movie, he allows you to become attached to Walter Mitty, who is in every scene of this movie.

 

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is an overall heartwarming movie but fails to keep the storyline as ambitious with the imagery used in the movie. It stars Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn and Adam Scott and I give it 7 out of 10