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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
· Movie
· 114 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1531
- IMDb #1402
- Google retired #102
- Rotten Tomatoes #3002
- Metacritic #2240
- Letterboxd #824
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3695
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2487
- Metacritic Critics #2999
- Metacritic Audience #847
- Douban #226
- Kinopoisk #761
- AlloCiné #853
- Trakt #968
Every rating
52–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 52, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 53, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A negative assets manager at Life magazine spends his days lost in vivid daydreams of adventure and heroism. When a crucial photograph for the magazine's final print issue goes missing, he must break from his routine and embark on a real global journey to find the elusive photographer, pushing him far beyond his comfort zone.
Details
- Director
- Ben Stiller
- Writer
- Steven Conrad
- Based on
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
- Released
- 18 December 2013
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish, Icelandic
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $90.0M
- Box office
- $188.1M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →3 wins from 10 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Costume Designers Guild Awards 2014 | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Sarah Edwards | Nominee |
| Location Managers Guild Awards 2014 | Outstanding Location Feature Film | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Winner |
| Satellite Awards 2014 | Best Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2014 | Best Original Score | Theodore Shapiro | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2014 | Saturn Award for Best Actor | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2014 | Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society Awards 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Guillaume Rocheron, Kurt Williams, Monette Dubin, and Ivan Moran | Nominee |
| Key Art Awards 2013 | Best Audio Visual Technique | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Winner |
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Key Art Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Audio Visual Technique | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Winner |
Location Managers Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Location Feature Film | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Theodore Shapiro | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Saturn Award for Best Actor | Ben Stiller | Nominee |
| Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Sarah Edwards | Nominee |
New York Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Film | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | Guillaume Rocheron, Kurt Williams, Monette Dubin, and Ivan Moran | Nominee |