Hector and the Search for Happiness vs The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is the older of the two (2013 against 2014). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty| Hector and the Search for Happiness | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Chelsom | Ben Stiller |
| Main cast | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno | Patton Oswalt, Kathryn Hahn, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Adam Scott, Ben Stiller |
Synopsis
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
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