The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Starring: Stiller, Ben and Wiig, Kristen

Product Description

Ben Stiller directs and stars in THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, James Thurber's classic story of a day-dreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543899471
• Release Date: February 2015
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox
• Director: Stiller, Ben
• Starring: Stiller, Ben, Wiig, Kristen
• Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Colorful, musical, dreamy, and empty.

Based on the same James Thurber short story, this movie is the latest attempt as of this review. Walter (Ben Stiller) leads a complex life as he watches over his mother (Shirley MacLaine), is love-smitten by a co-worker (Kristen Wiig), and must find "slide 25" from his hero (Sean Penn). There are several other subplots. At crucial moments, he zones out and imagines scenarios that start logically and go out in left field; sort of in the style of a David McAlister "Dave" Barry skit. Soon we are caught up in longer and longer zone-outs. Now you think that the zone-outs are just crazy fun. Soon you realize that they are more than just a coping tool, as they help figure out the great puzzle of the missing "slide 25." A lot of the comments made assume that you have seen several movies such as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Outsiders (1983), and The Matrix (1999). Music: Maneater Escape (the pina colada song) Wake Up Far Away Don't You Want Me Dirty Paws Space Oddity (Words & Music by David Bowie) Lake Michigan The Wolves and the Ravens Don't Let It Pass Step Out Stay Alive Escape Filming locations: Grundarfjörður, Iceland (Port where Erkigsnek docks) Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland ((Himalayas and Afghanistan scenes) Seyðisfjarðarvegur, Seydisfjordur, Iceland (Longboarding Sequence) Stykkishólmur, Iceland ('Greenland' bar and helicopter takeoff town) Höfn, Iceland (Nuuk Airport) New York City, New York, USA Los Angeles, California, USA British Columbia, Canada Time-Life Building, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA