![]() The plot they’re working with – drawn from a short story by James Thurber – also had potential, as it follows a Life magazine photo editor whose imaginative daydreams begin to get the better of him.īut man is this thing trying hard. Ben Stiller, the director-star, has proven he’s capable of more than dumb comedy and the screenwriter, Steve Conrad, has been involved in two of my favorite movies of the past 10 years ( The Promotion, The Weather Man). The frustrating thing is that I wanted to like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (for the record, I also prefer dogs). Meanwhile, its tongue is hanging out in that particularly dopey way that distinguishes dogs from cats. ![]() The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a puppy-dog movie: it nips at your heels, yips in your ears and never lets up in its desire to please.
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