Unquestionably the pinnacle of Ben Stiller's career

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2014)

Can a silly-comedy actor be held hostage by his previous low rated works? Looks like a few detractors who badly reviewed "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" unjustly giving it a 1 think so. Probably cheesy parodies lovers with no taste who just want to sweat out their beers and eat popcorn. I am surprised some of them even admitted they missed Stiller's previous whack comedies...
Don't get me wrong, when I heard Ben Stiller was going to remake such a great comedy with Danny Kay, I was scared to death and somewhat mad. "How dares he", I honestly thought. I was expecting another unfunny Christmas gag-movie with nothing to tell, Ben Stiller's style.
I was wrong.
Although this film has practically nothing in common with the original one, it is indeed a good story with believable acting, visually great and full of unspoken meaning. It even manages to be rather funny now and then, and yet there's a lot more to it. Watch it and you will know where and why.
Here and there a bit emotionally basic, if you know what I mean, but still a remarkable movie.
Ben Stiller will have a hard time in the future trying to maintain the substance he achieved in this ode to the good man.