Ben Stiller's Best Work. An Achievement and worthy to its Short Story.

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2015)

If you are expecting to have a film that follows the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, then this is the wrong place for you. But why would they? The reason I'm saying this is because It would have to drag on forever.
This film Version of Walter Mitty, Directed and Starring Ben Stiller is a lovable film with heart. What I like about the movie is that it doesn't follow the short story structure. Instead, it explores the ideas found in James Thurber's short story.
The story follows Ben Stiller's Character Walter Mitty, A Daydreamer who works at Life Magazine. As they are closing down for their new Online Magazine, Mitty has trouble finding Negative 25 which is suppose to be the cover for the last issue. He goes on a journey to find Shawn O' Connell, the guy who took the picture and to get the negative back in time.
The clever thing about the movie is the product placement. It doesn't use it just for backgrounds. It uses them as a essential part of the story-line. Example, Mitty is trying to use E Harmony but is having trouble giving a wink to one person named Cheryl (Kristen Wiig) this plays a significant part in their relationship in the movie. Life magazine plays a big part in the movie also, Life being an metaphor to Mitty's exploration of Shawn which helps his daydreaming. A few other things are a bit important like Mitty's back-story of how he worked at Papa Johns after his father died.
On technical levels, Walter Mitty can almost be considered a family friendly blockbuster in some sorts. The visuals are very impressive for it's 90 million dollar budget, its PG rating somehow works for being able to please Preteens, the whole mystery building up to Negative 25 and what it looks like pays off successfully the acting is great and the characters you care for.
This possibly could become a classic in the near future. Ben Stiller's best work by far and I hope he does more films like this.
89/100 B+