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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com
Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com
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Fantasy and dream “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
heroic roles as flying through a storm, shooting down German aircraft, and performing delicate surgery. Everyday life triggers his fantasies — a (PG), DIRECTED BY BEN STILLER headline about a trial inspires him to see himself NOW PLAYING in a courtroom, passing a hospital leads to his surgical feat. The story ends with a characteristic Thurber touch of comic defeat. [ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA The work seems a natural for the cinema, the art of dreams and daydreams; film quite The first movie based on James Thurber’s naturally exploits the transitions from a most famous short story, “The Secret Life of present reality to the insubstantial but far more Walter Mitty,” was adapted for the screen back satisfying subjects of memory and fantasy. in 1947, starring the multitalented Danny We all dream, after all. We all want to be the Kaye in the title role. Walter Mitty, a timid, heroes of our own lives. We all need to escape passive, henpecked husband, embarrassingly from what one of my favorite authors calls the incompetent at ordinary tasks, constantly falls deadly rhythm of our private thoughts. into daydreams in which he assumes such In this adaptation of the story Walter Mitty, played by Ben Stiller, works for Life magazine, in charge of the negatives their photographers submit from all over the world. He discovers that the magazine is folding, moving to an online version, which means he and many others will lose their Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” PHOTO COURTESY 20TH CENTURY FOX
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jobs. Lonely, burdened by the cost of moving his mother (Shirley MacLaine) to an assisted-living facility, he tends to fall into a sort of trance. His fantasies feature him making a connection with Cheryl Melhof (Kristen Wiig), a young woman at the magazine, rescuing the inhabitants of a burning building, humiliating the arrogant executive in charge of the transition. Walter finds the opportunity to become a hero accidentally, when he searches for a lost negative from the magazine’s ace photographer, Sean O’Connell (Sean Penn), intended for the cover of the final issue. He takes off on a wild and unlikely journey looking for O’Connell, which takes him to Greenland, Iceland, Afghanistan, and the Himalayas. He travels by plane, boat, bicycle, helicopter, and even skateboard on his quest, encountering eccentric people and strange adventures along the way. Although the quest itself takes place in Walter’s “real” life, he often falls into his daydreams in the midst of what already seems a fantasy. In one of the oddest and funniest sequences, he encounters a drunken helicopter pilot singing in the only karaoke bar in Greenland, then discovers the guy can lead him to the photographer. The chopper promptly drops him in the sea, which leads to yet another series of adventures and fantasies. At times the director deliberately fuses and confuses Walter’s actual experiences on his unusual quest with his usual daydreams.
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