“I’m Jourdan and… Number 25 is my best ever, the quintessence of life, I think.”
Today we are rewatching The Secret Life of Walter Mitty the 2013 film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. I’m gonna be completely honest, before this movie I couldn’t stand Ben Stiller! While watching this movie I became enchanted by him, in a way that is almost hard to explain.
I related to his mundane life immersed in daydreams of adventures he never conceived would be possible. I loved how he hesitated to speak his mind and frequently disappeared into his imagination only to find the moments around him whooshing by.
Secret Life of Walter Mitty is based on a short story of the same name by James Thurber. This film is a remake and tells the story of a negative assets manager who decides to travel the world to find the perfect lost picture for the final printing of LIFE magazine.
There’s a lot of product placement in this film, along with lost of nostalgia and two handfuls of stars to decorate the cast.
Ben Stiller is our Walter Mitty with Kristen Wig playing his coworker and crush.
Adam Scott plays his arch nemesis and Sean Penn plays the part of the illustrious photographer who only trusts Walter with his work.
Katherine Han and Shirley MacLaine play Walters sister and mother.
We also get cameos from Patton Oswald and Conan O’Brian.
This film has one of my favorite scores by Theodore Shapiro who also composed The Intern, a movie I already did an entire episode on. This score truly captures your heart and whisks you right along with playful notes and melodic hums by Jose Gonzalez.
Space Oddity and the Escape Song both play rolls in this movie that stand out to me. Especially Space Oddity, Ben Stiller, David Bowie, and Kristen Wiig all sing pieces of it at different moments in the film!
Alright, I can’t wait anymore, “Ground Control, to Major Tom, it’s time to press play.”
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