Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)

This movie was really appreciated because it normalizes a disease that affects so many and is treatable for many. My son suffered from this disease. I cannot tell you how frustrating it was to get a 21 year plus old person to get treatment. You can not force anyone of that age. He is now free of dilusions and watched with me. He said was not really what he saw (sees) but was "sort of" his experiences.

My 9 year old grandson really enjoyed the movie. As all young people do these days, he immediately googled the disease after the movie finished. He does not know about his uncle as with medication his uncle is one of the smartest and most normal in the family.

The story itself became a "love story". Made the heart warm. Very well acted. And even a sort of horror story with the visual effects. Something for everyone.

We watch many films. My pick so far for Best Movie of 2020.

This disease should be treated free for all those less fortunate who end up homeless as a result, or worse.. in prison. The world would be a better place. If that was the intent of the movie (understanding) then the goal was achieved. Plus true enjoyment of a first rate film with good acting on a low budget.

Fmovies: Uhhhh that wasn't what I expected at all. This movie is actually kinda nuts, i was not ready for that... very unpredictable, rather entertaining, good messages riddled in there, great believable script. I feel inclined to give it an 8... it's pretty good... not sure id watch again though, it's not very rewatchable. due to the heavy nature of it. Not the greatest of performances either.

These lines "Chasing the idea of being normal" surmises all the shame, pain, embarassment, indifference a mentally ill person faces. this is what a mentally ill person does...he tries to hide, to fit in. He is embarrassed to share what he experiences in his daily life, with the world. A big shout out to the director and all the actors of this movie, you people are going in a right direction.

Words on Bathroom Walls fmovies. 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.

Entertaining/moving story of a high schooler and his divorced mom trying to cope with a most difficult mental illness. The film plays like an earnest teen network special from the 70s/80s. Interesting "they" continue to push inter-racial relationships, especially since it's not important to the story, weird.

I ended up seeing this film over the weekend, not knowing what to expect, as it is one of the few films that I have gone to see without actually seeing the trailer for it prior, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Words on Bathroom Walls is about a boy, Adam, who gets kicked out of his school for wild behavior, and is diagnosed with schizophrenia shortly after that. He transfers to a Cathlolic school and meets a girl, Maya, who helps him out with school work, and also becomes quite close with him. Throughout the film, Adam tries to maintain a relationship with Maya, while also trying to keep his schizophrenia a secret from her, and has to overcome many other challenges along the way. This film, based on the book that goes by the same name, does a fantastic job at accurately depicting schizophrenia, and all of the complications that come along with it. The film puts the viewers inside of Adam's head for much of the movie, and shows them everything that he hears and sees because of the disease, and really makes the audience think that it is all really there. The actor who plays Adam, Charlie Plummer, also does a fantastic job. The film itself does commit to many of the typical tropes that you would see in a coming of age movie, but it does a much better job than most films do at depicting mental illness. Adams' mom, and step-father, who are played by Molly Parker, and Walton Goggins also do a really great job, delivering some very emotional performances. The thing that surprised me most in this film was the special effects, especially given the film's small budget. A lot of the schizophrenic hallucinations are shown through special effects, and they effectively add a lot of tension and horror elements to the film, which is not something you see very often in a teenage coming of age film. One other thing worth mentioning is the director, Thor Freudenthal, who hadn't really directed any feature films since the early 2010s. Some of his earlier films included, Hotel For Dogs, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, so I would have to say that this is definitely a significant improvement over his previous works. Overall, for a typical coming of age film, this movie does a great job at what it is trying to do. Not only is it a good coming of age film, but it also does an amazing job at depicting mental illness, especially one that is as complex as schizophrenia. The entire cast does a great job in their roles, and the story is very compelling. The only real issues that I had with the film, which are very minor problems, would be that there was some poorly timed humor on a few occasions. Other than that though, a very solid film by Freudenthal.