A very nice "little" movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 January 2014)

You may think of Ben Stiller whatever you want but he knows how to make a good, warm, touching, emotional movie, occasionally even funny. The movie is well paced and (almost - some scenes should have been cut out, like the one with Mitty becoming an "old baby") everything is in place. Even the music. And, of course, Mr. Penn. I also would not compare this "version" with the one filmed in 1947. They are basically two different things and each one shall have its audience but they will not mix together. You like either this one or that one. I like this one, since I got from it far too much than I've expected. A happy ending love story born in the heart of devastating capitalism (which I define as "destroy the old, no matter the cost and how good it was and accepted by the people, and create something new - or better: contemporary - although it is usually much worse than it was. just destroy. sacrifice everything to the Profit God. who cares about the people, anyway.") This movie delivers somewhat an optimistic message. Good old stuff shall survive since it is essentially good. Most of this new stuff shall have a lifespan of a butterfly (and shall also be destroyed for something newer). Except for this movie. It will always be a classic.