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 open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
"If you can't trust your mind, trust your heart."
Top Billed Cast
Charlie Plummer
Adam
Molly Parker
Beth
Walton Goggins
Paul
Andy Garcia
Father Patrick
Taylor Russell
Maya
AnnaSophia Robb
Rebecca
Beth Grant
Sister Catherine
Devon Bostick
Joaquin
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
S SWITCH.Verified TMDB Critic
2020-12-01
'Words on Bathroom Walls' succeeds by leaning on teen romance tropes to make schizophrenia a digestible topic, thanks to its fantastic cast and engaging narrative. While it's not to be viewed as the defining film on the topic, it's a great jumping-off point to launch a conversation, while being another great teen film about being okay to be different.
- Chris dos Santos
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C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2025-02-21
It can be very risky to try to encapsulate schizophrenia into a drama at the best of times, but to try and present it in a teen-friendly way adds an extra dimension to that challenge and that is really quite well handled by Charlie Plummer here. “Adam” lives with his mum on their own after his dad went awol. She (AnnaSophia Robb) already has to deal with having a teenage son, and reconcile that with her new boyfriend “Paul” (Walton Coggins) just as he starts to succumb to voices in his head, to hallucinations and to behavioural difficulties. They manifest themselves on screen to us a...
