User:LancedSoul/sandbox/The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn.

Plot
Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller), an employee at Life magazine, spends day after monotonous day developing photos for the publication. To escape the tedium, Walter inhabits a world of exciting daydreams in which he is the undeniable hero. Walter fancies a fellow employee named Cheryl (Kristen Wiig) and would love to date her, but he feels unworthy. However, he gets a chance to have a real adventure when Life's new owners send him on a mission to obtain the perfect photo for the final print issue.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Despite the film was in development for almost 20 years, it still had executive well.
 * 2) Great score by Theodore Shapiro even Jose Gonzalez and Rogue Wave.

Reception
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty received polarized-to-favourable reviews from critics and moviegoers. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 51% based on reviews from 193 critics, with an average rating of 5.98/10. The site's consensus reads: "It doesn't lack for ambition, but The Secret Life of Walter Mitty fails to back up its grand designs with enough substance to anchor the spectacle.". Metacritic gives the film a normalized score of 54 out of 100 based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".