The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

“Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.” – Sean O’Connell

Number of Times Seen – 1 (14 Jan 2014)

Brief Synopsis – A man who daydreams of a more exciting life, starts out on hos own adventure when trying to track down a lost photo negative.

My Take on it – Ben Stiller has had many hits and misses over the years and unfortunately this one isn’t a complete hit.

The story and plot are good, but when making a re-make of a movie, the idea is to try and find a new twist that will be engaging and innovative enough to capture the attention of moviegoers and I think that here they just slightly miss that.

I liked the secret agent aspect of the original and here the whole idea was to take someone with a very set (and lonely) life and try to infuse a bit of action and adventure into it.  The idea is definitely in the right direction, but it doesn’t reach the right point that would elevate this into a much better movie.

So I enjoyed this movie for it’s story, but it is still just slightly above average and am sorely disappointed that it wasn’t structured more skillfully.

Bottom Line – Interesting premise and plot.  Enjoyable, but mediocre film that could have been done better.

Rating – BAFTA Worthy

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