Nicely done!

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2013)

Walter Mitty is a quiet, meek little man who works at Life Magazine as a "Negative Assets Manager", the guy that receives all of the pics from the photographers and preps them for print in the magazine. Problem is, the magazine is printing their final issue, and lay-offs are coming. Second problem is, Walter spends half of his time in DEEP DAY-DREAMS, to the point where he completely spaces out and is oblivious to everything - and everyone - around him. Third problem is, the masterpiece photo slated to be the final cover shot has gone missing. He's never going to get to talk to that pretty new co-worker at this rate...
Pros:

Walter Mitty is a feel-good story at it's core, with plenty of up-and- down moments that move at a pretty good pace. The 2 hour run time moves pretty quickly. - Ben Stiller pays the part well, while still sliding in a bit of his comedy shtick in. It's a nice job.

Adam Scott nails the role as the asshole executive. That's pretty much his role in every movie, for a reason.

The visuals are beautiful, and they make some clever use of the landscapes to push the story along, like having a text message appear in the side of a mountain as he's reading it from his phone...

Cons:

I've got an issue with a certain plot hole. I won't spoil it, you can ask me later if you see it, but...come on, Walter...

This is more of a beef with the marketing for this movie than anything else...the commercials were calling this "The Next Forrest Gump". It's not. And it never had to be. This movie is good on it's own, but it doesn't hold up to Forrest Gump. Ben Stiller isn't in Tom Hank's league, something I'm sure Stiller himself would admit. If you go into this movie trying to make this comparison, it's going to take away from Walter Mitty's own merits.

They REALLY overshoot the value of a Stretch Armstrong.

Overall, Walter Mitty is a nice, feel-good story that has a good pace to it, and a fitting pay-off for the ending. I don't know if it will live up to the hype and comparisons, but it was a nice time at the movies. 3.5 out of 5 on the BDBOS.
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