The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is not a film I sought out. But it was there on TV and I like Ben Stiller (and Adam Sandler for no identifable reason what so ever). This one is also directed by Mr.Stiller adapted from a short story.
Walter Mitty works in Life magazine as the person who is responsible for managing the negatives of the photos sent by great photographer Sean O'Connel. He is a man whose dreams of travelling the world were stunted with his father's unexpected death when Walter was 17 years old. He felt responsible for his mother and younger sister and immediately started working. He is great at his job but not very social and prone to day dreams (but not the type most of us have, he goes into a trance of some sort and doesn't hear people around him etc.) and cannot find the courage to express his interest in his co worker. As Life magazine is going on a transition (to solely be on line) a lot of people are fired and just at that time Walter can't find an important negative sent by O'Connel. So he goes on a journey to track O'Connel to find the negative, even though he is already sacked because of it (or maybe this was just an excuse, he has been working there for 16 years).
His search takes him to Grönland and then to Iceland and then to Himalayas and he felt happy and with each new adventure his day dreaming reduced.
I liked the film (there was not any bona fide crying but only some leakage from the eyes). It has clean cinematography, close up shots, an interesting story acted well, and great visuals. I was happy.
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