Walter Mitty is a lonely, introverted man working for "Life" magazine who always dreams of stepping out of his monotonous life for fantastic adentures. Walter has a crush on coworker Cheryl Melhoff but he is too shy to invite her on a date and he is trying to contact her through online dating. When he finds himself responsible for a missing image that is planned to be the cover for the magazine's final printed edition and facing the risk of losing his job, he decides it's time for his dream to come true plunging himself on a adventure around the world to track down the photographer