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Words on Bathroom Walls

2020

Thor Freudenthal

AnnaSophia Robb, Walton Goggins, Andy García, Molly Parker ...

6.2

525

Drama. Romance A teenager coping with paranoid schizophrenia hopes his new experimental drug treatment will help him navigate high school and the outside world.

	Author	Review
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"[It] deserves praise for treating a serious mental illness with a touching sensitivity (...) One of the most endearing, sweet romances the genre has done in quite some time (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"The book has been described as surprisingly funny, and I can report that this is also true of the film (...) The parameters, in other words, are well familiar. This can makes the schizophrenia story line seem, well, slightly gimmicky (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Takes illness seriously without being overwhelmed by the subject."	POS
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"[It] leans heavily on more simplistic and familiar cinematic tropes frequently associated with mental illness (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"[It] deftly balances being part romcom and part mental illness drama, offering a uniquely compelling coming-of-age story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"[It] is well-intentioned and well-acted but relies too heavily on the cliches of high-school life (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"People with mental illness want to be known and loved, and this film honors Adam with both so that we can, too (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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