The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Theatrical - Wide 2013-12-25

Cast Ben Stiller Kristen Wiig Sean Penn Shirley MacLaine Adam Scott
Directed by Ben Stiller

Box Office Gross: $188,133,322

Running Time: 114 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Red Hour, New Line Cinema, Big Screen Productions, Down Productions, Ingenious Media, 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment

Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy

JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

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PLOT: Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) is a dreamer who yearns to escape his hum-drum existence, and fantasizes about dating his pretty Life Magazine co-worker, Cheryl (Kristen Wiig). When the print edition of Life Magazine is scuttled, and the final issue’s...

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