'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'

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The starting of the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is like an action movie but it immediately turns into a comedy. All the action scenes are happening in the Walter’s, the main character, played by Ben Stiller, daydreams. The daydreams allow audiences to focus on the movie and to catch the plot of the movie.
The movie is about Walter Mitty, who works as a negative asset manager for Life magazine that management is going to turn into an online exclusive publication. Story shows the Walter’s journey to find a 25th negative, which is going to be a last cover page of the magazine.
In the movie Walter instantly decides to travel to find photographer Sean O’Connell, played by Sean Penn, with tiny pieces of clues and he always so close to

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