Words on Bathroom Walls

2020
PG-13
1h 50m

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7.2/10

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Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who... Read allDiagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to not be defined by his condition.Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to not be defined by his condition.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

15K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,918

1,882

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Words on Bathroom Walls

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Words On Bathroom Walls: Honesty You Know

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Words On Bathroom Walls: I'm Sorry

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Words On Bathroom Walls: I'll Crack You

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Trivia
Molly Parker and Taylor Russell play mother and daughter on Perdus dans l'espace (2018).

Goofs
Near the ending of the film, Adam is placed on suicide watch at a mental hospital after attempting suicide. The writers show that the mother is unable to bring toothpicks in for a dish she is bringing to Adam. The room Adam is in, however, has clearly exposed electrical sockets and even an easily breakable ceramic lamp, none of which would be located in the room of someone on suicide watch. Patients generally are kept from electrocuting themselves or cutting themselves on broken glass.

Quotes
[Last lines]
Adam: [narrating] You *have* to let people discover all your dark and twisty places inside. Because those are the people that can show you what's real, when you can't see that for yourself. It can be the beginning of everything... if you let it.

Connections
Features College attitude (1999)

Soundtracks
On the Ball Field
Written by David Newman
Performed by David Newman
Published by Fox Film Music Corp. (BMI)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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Featured review

9/10

Excellent movie that hit home for me

This is a drama about a teenager diagnosed with schizophrenia and his efforts to hide it from a potential girlfriend. No, it is not as maudlin as that sounds, it is very well acted by Charlie Plummer with a good supporting cast including Andy Garcia, Taylor Russell, and Beth Grant. It is fairly realistic portrayal of mental illness and how difficult of a time care givers have dealing with the sufferer. They also show the character being given different drugs that either fail or have terrible side effects. The problem with mental illness is that is so difficult to get measurable results - that is, if your BP is 145/90 and the doctor gives you a pill and is now 120/80 the pill is working. It is not so clear with treating mental illness. And there is a quote (I'm paraphrasing) that really hit home for me: "if I had cancer, people would run to help me but if I have mental illness they would run away". I know from personal experience that this line is very true as a close personal friend suffering from mental illness said something eerily similar. Of course there are "Hollywood" touches and clichés but I recommend that you see it.