Film Review – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

In 1939, The New Yorker magazine published The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a short story by James Thurber. In the story, Mitty passes through a day of errands in the city with his wife, while random events send him on wild daydream fantasies. (You can still find it on their website.) There’s no real plot to it, but that didn’t stop filmmakers from adapting it into a jewel caper comedy starring Danny Kaye in 1947. Now, director/star Ben Stiller has taken the same story in a different direction, a schmaltzy, product-placement-filled encouragement to “Stop Dreaming. Start Living.” But darned if it doesn’t stir something in you, at least some of the time.

Read the rest of my review at Oakville.com – click the title link.