20131h 54mDir. Ben Stiller

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Name: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2013-12-18
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott

“Stop dreaming. Start living.”

AdventureComedyDramaFantasy

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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

Starring:Ben Stiller,Kristen Wiig,Sean Penn,Shirley MacLaine,Adam Scott

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Ben Stiller

Walter Mitty

Kristen Wiig

Cheryl Melhoff

Sean Penn

Sean O'Connell

Shirley MacLaine

Edna Mitty

Adam Scott

Ted Hendricks

Kathryn Hahn

Odessa Mitty

Patton Oswalt

Todd Maher

Adrian Martinez

Hernando

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Helicopter Pilot

Gunnar Helgason

Hotel Keeper

Terence Bernie Hines

Gary Mannheim

Alex Anfanger

Ted's Toner Box Associate

Key Production Crew

Director

Ben Stiller

Screenplay & Writers

Steven Conrad, James Thurber, Steven Conrad

Cinematography

Stuart Dryburgh

Original Score

Theodore Shapiro

Producers

Ben Stiller, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Stuart Cornfeld

Film Details

Budget$90,000,000

Box Office Revenue$188,133,322

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Samuel Goldwyn FilmsRed HourNew Line CinemaBig Screen ProductionsDown ProductionsIngenious Media20th Century FoxTSG Entertainment

Keywords & Themes

#himalaya mountain range#photographer#iceland#daydream#magazine#photograph#shark#fired from the job#dreamer#online dating

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and listen… this movie didn’t just play on my screen. It walked into my head, sat on my couch, drank my coffee, and politely told me, “Boss, you need to get out more.” There...

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