Ben Stiller plays the same character in ` ` The Secret Life of Walter Mitty '' The movie is an adaptation of a 1939 James Bond story . Stiller and screenwriter Steven Conrad have given Thurber 's story a 21st-century twist by setting the film in our era of corporate downsizing . While there are some visually stunning sequences , the film never quite comes to life .
Ben Stiller plays the same character in ` ` The Secret Life of Walter Mitty '' The movie is an adaptation of a 1939 James Bond story . While there are some visually stunning sequences , the film never quite comes to life .