白日梦想家

沃特.密提（本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰）是一名在《生活》杂志工作了16年的胶片洗印经理，他性格内向，甚至无法跟心仪的同事谢莉尔（克里斯汀·韦格 Kristen Wiig 饰）开口搭讪，面对生活他像个旁观者，时常“放空”做白日英雄梦。直到有一天公司被并购，杂志需要做最后一期的封面，而封面成功与否的关键是找到狂野摄影师尚恩（西恩·潘 Sean Penn）的一卷胶片，沃特终于开口搭讪谢莉尔，并在她和母亲（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰）的鼓励下踏上真正的冒险之旅，冰原、大海、喜马拉雅山……沃特的白日梦远不及现实壮丽。The manager of the negative assets sector of Life magazine, Walter Mitty, has been working for sixteen years for the magazine and has a tedious life, not going anywhere but from his home to his job and vice-versa. He is an escapist, daydreaming into a world of fantasy many times a day. Walter has a crush on the recently hired Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her via online dating. The magazine is preparing to release its last printed edition and the loathsome manager of transition Ted Hendricks is preparing an inevitable downsizing over the next few days. Walter has been the liaison between the magazine and the mysterious independent photographer Sean O'Connell who has sent to him a package of negatives and a wallet as a gift for his work. Sean also suggests to the senior management the use of negative 25 for the cover of the last edition. However, Walter cannot find the negative that is missing. Walter has no means to contact Sean and finds a clue that he might be in Greenland. He decides to travel to Greenland to track Sean down in the beginning of an unbelievable adventure.