The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 366K votes

Rotten Tomatoes52%

Metacritic54%

TMDb7.223/10· 8K votes

With 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 54/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Cast of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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  Ben Stiller

  as Walter Mitty

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  Kristen Wiig

  as Cheryl Melhoff

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  Sean Penn

  as Sean O'Connell

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  Shirley MacLaine

  as Edna Mitty

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  Adam Scott

  as Ted Hendricks

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  Kathryn Hahn

  as Odessa Mitty

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  Patton Oswalt

  as Todd Maher

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  Adrian Martinez

  as Hernando

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  Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

  as Helicopter Pilot

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  Gunnar Helgason

  as Hotel Keeper

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  Terence Bernie Hines

  as Gary Mannheim

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  Alex Anfanger

  as Ted's Toner Box Associate

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty facts

Budget

$90M

Box office

$188.1M

Our take on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ben Stiller directs and stars in this 2013 blend of gentle comedy and wide-screen wanderlust. Walter Mitty manages photo negatives at a magazine and escapes his timid routine through elaborate daydreams, until a missing negative pushes him into a real journey across striking landscapes. The film wears its uplift openly, trading the sharper edges of its source for warmth and postcard beauty. Some will find it sincere and quietly moving, others too polished and slight. It suits viewers in the mood for an easygoing, visually lush story about a small man finally stepping outside his own head. Approach it for the scenery and the sentiment rather than surprise.