Thoroughly enjoyable - but a little flawed plot?

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2013)

I didn't really know what to think before seeing this movie. The trailer makes it look a very different film to what I just watched in the Cinema and that was a good thing. The trailer is fast paced and looks like a roller coaster of action, but whilst the movie moves purposefully forward throughout, it is slower and immaculately balanced .
The characters and performances are flawless, as is the stunning cinematography. We didn't want the movie to end and definitely would now include Iceland in our future travel plans.
My only gripe was why Picture No 25 was missing in the first place? If it was, that wasn't Walter Mitty's problem anyway. This enabled the entire story to unfold, and in fairness reality was never going to be a part of this story, but with such an emotional attachment created by such great performances by the cast, my mind could never stop asking wondering why Walter didn't just fess up at the beginning?
Regardless it was a fantastic movie. Thoughtfully provocative and one of those rare cases where the trailer doesn't really do the film justice.