Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ben Stiller | ... | Walter Mitty | |
Kristen Wiig | ... | Cheryl Melhoff | |
Jon Daly | ... | Tim Naughton (as Jonathan C. Daly) | |
Kathryn Hahn | ... | Odessa Mitty | |
Terence Bernie Hines | ... | Gary Mannheim | |
Adam Scott | ... | Ted Hendricks | |
Paul Fitzgerald | ... | Don Proctor | |
Grace Rex | ... | Cheryl's Co-Worker | |
Alex Anfanger | ... | Ted's Toner Box Associate | |
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Amanda Naughton | ... | Female Editor |
Adrian Martinez | ... | Hernando | |
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Nolan Carley | ... | Western Union Employee |
Joey Slotnick | ... | Retirement Home Administrator | |
Shirley MacLaine | ... | Edna Mitty | |
Gary Wilmes | ... | Walter's Dad |
The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its last printed edition and the loathsome manager of transition Ted Hendricks is preparing an inevitable downsizing over the next few days. Walter has been the liaison between the magazine and the mysterious independent photographer Sean O'Connell who has sent to him a package of negatives and a wallet as a gift for his work. Sean also suggests to the senior management the use of negative 25 for the cover of the last edition. However, Walter cannot find the negative that is missing. Walter has no means to contact Sean ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
'Tropic Thunder', 'The Cable Guy', 'Zoolander'... Ben Stiller has created some entertaining comedies, but 'Walter Mitty' is by far his most audacious piece of direction so far. The story is solid and the cinematography is stunning, Stiller has created an utterly mesmerising spectacle that follows the same basis of the 1947 classic starring Danny Kaye. Whilst I found the majority of the film charming and entertaining, it's the beautiful cinematography from Stuart Dryburgh that really sells this flick, and in my opinion should have been worthy of an Oscar- nomination at the least. One of the most entertaining comedy-dramas I have seen in recent years, a film that Stiller should be proud of.