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In the end credits, which are insanely long and contain things such as "lead shark technician" and "assistant shark technicians", there is a message: "This movie has helped to support around 15,000 jobs and involved thousands of hours of hard work to make." At that point it did make me cry.

I really do appreciate Ben Stiller a lot, he’s an incredible director who knows who to ask for photography and takes the time to develop and produce these crazy-assed stories. You can see from every film he makes all the care that is put in the craft and the people involved with it. You can feel it back from Zoolander up until Severance. "Beautiful things don’t attract attention on themselves", that’s quite how I feel about his work in general. His films always manage to earn the affection of the public through a lot of work, and somehow always feel modest and fresh even with multimillion budget.

that scene with him skating down the mountains is one of the best moments ever

I had heard about this movie, but didn't catch it in the theater. I was working out of state a lot and was flying twice a week for my job. I decided to catch this movie on a flight home. It was a particularly hard week, I felt like I was missing my family, I wasn't loving my job at the time and everything seemed out of my control. I flicked this on, and was transported. Walter, in a lot of ways, was living what I was feeling every day, I connected with it, deeply. By the end of the show, I had forgotten I was even on a plane watching a little 6" screen. With tears streaming down my cheeks as the credits rolled, I was suddenly aware of where I was. The guy next to me had been watching me, watch the movie and leaned over at its conclusion and said "I felt the EXACT SAME WAY when I first watched that movie" then he smiled at me I like was now part of some club. Now, I have shared it with my friends and family and watch it at least once a year, just to remind me what the purpose of life really is. Thank you for making this video Danny! This movie deserves it.

this is the movie that made me realize Ben Stiller is an insanely impressive individual, especially with his shifting into directing more and more

After watching this film, I took a leap and moved across the country. Watching this film made me realize that the only person in my way was me. I moved from NY to Montana, fell in love, worked in the most beautiful places in the country, got a degree, and now, I'm a Park Ranger for Glacier National Park. Movies like this are so rare and when they appear before us, they tap into who we are and ask, "what are you waiting for?" Thank you so very much for this video essay. This film deserves to be in everyone's cabinet and remind them that the life they want is out there, they just have to open the door.

This movie quite literally changed my life. After watching it I got the courage to apply for a job in a country where I could not speak the language nor read the alphabet (it is Cyrillic and no it is not Russia). From my small town, I had never even travelled outside my state, to a whole different continent. It was a big adventure and I loved my time living in that country 😊

Ben Stiller is a fucking monster as a director. The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder, Severance. Just pefection!

When my now husband and I first met 10 years go at 19 we went to see this movie for our first date. It really set the stage for our relationship and I still think about it often. When I need to be reminded about what is important in life I will listen to “Quintessence” from the soundtrack and think back to when we were broke and aimless and only had each other. The future was scary and we didn’t know if we would be together for very long. Now we live in our house we built together with our own four hands and I turn 30 next week. Life is so much better than I thought it would be back then, all because of him.
The first movie we watched on our thrifted couch in our empty living room the night we moved in was “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”.

I used to show this movie to my 8th grade students near the end of the school year. Rowdy, poor, hardened, rural 14 year olds staring down high school would watch in near silence. They were literally in the middle between childhood and adulthood. They saw themselves in Walter. Any movie that could reach those kids on such a deep level has to be amazing!

The fact I wasn't even planning on watching this movie that day and only bought the ticket out of curiosity then to came out feeling like a different human being, makes it feel like it was destined

It had changed my perspective on life and is forever be one, if not the top, of my favorite movies of all time

Finally, some recognition this film deserves

Man...I remember leaving the theater crying my eyes out, and my girlfriend (at the time) told me "take your time, that was intense" and she started crying too and then we hugged each other. It was a life changing movie. The music, the colors, the 'message', the performances, are so well done it's ridiculous.

I went to see this with a buddy while we were in the Marine Coprs.  We had some leave, and we trying to fill it with everything we didn't get to do while on deployment.  Both of us left the theater in tears simply in awe at the beauty of this film.  I never knew it was poorly reviewed... don't know anyone who doesn't love it.

Whenever I hear that this movie had a mixed reception it baffles me, because even when I was a kid I understood what it was doing and why. Not as well as I do now, of course, but I knew by the end of the movie that it was a humanistic story about a humanistic character, and that all of its bombastic moments were meant to contrast and highlight a more meaningful, real experience. It's become my favorite movie because of those choices, and to think that those same choices were confused for a lack of identity just bewilders me.

Critics: ew, the poors finding purpose in life? 0 stars

I saw that film just days after a sad breakup. Alone in a room full of people I didn't know. When the lights came up, no one left. Everybody stayed in silence for a minute and then conversations with people who had never met erupted. It took two security personnel to ask us to leave

Back in 2013 I had just graduated high school and had NO idea what I was going to do with my life. I had spent most of my teen years day dreaming about hopping on a plane after graduation to set off on a life-shaping adventure, yet when the time came… I stayed in my hometown, too scared to take the leap. Then I saw this movie and, after adding it to my favorite movie list, immediately started planning. The next year I moved across the globe alone and spent 4 years earning a degree, making friends, falling in love, and making the most of every moment. Now I’m back in my hometown, working a job I absolutely love and spending my days with my beloved partner I met while living abroad all those years ago. Taking the leap may seem scary, but keeping your dreams inside your head and never letting yourself meet your true potential is even scarier! Give yourself a chance to experience life and all it has to offer!!

I love how in this film Walter and Shawn Penn's character idolize each other for the exact opposite reasons. Walter wishes he could be Shawn Penn's character, and Shawn Penn idolizes the small moments. They both want what the other has. Its just an interesting detail that this action star and explorer just wants to have some coffee and talk with people every once in a while.

This ranks as one of the best films I have seen. I have watched it around a dozen times since I first sat, open mouthed and teary, in the cinema. Every aspect seems so well crafted, so considered, that the film lives in your mind rent free for days after watching it. Some films have those one or two moments that stay with you, whether because of the spectacle or the dialogue or an unexpected twist that makes you feel something. But this one, stays with me as a whole. That's what makes it a film, not just another movie.